Should we screen for endometrial cancer?

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-5

  Vergote, Ignace ^a   Amant, Frédéric ^a   Timmerman, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CURETTAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LETTER; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 78650685101     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70280-1     Document Type: Letter

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