Are endometrial polyps true cancer precursors?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232.e1-232.e6

  Perri, Tamar ^a   Rahimi, Kurosh ^a   Ramanakumar, Agnihotram V ^b   Wou, Karen ^a   Pilavdzic, Dragana ^a   Franco, Eduardo L ^b   Gotlieb, Walter H ^a   Ferenczy, Alex ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer precursor; endometrial cancer; endometrial polyp; leiomyomata; uterine bleeding

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOGENESIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE LEIOMYOMATA; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 77956338727     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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