Risk and predictors of malignancy in women with endometrial polyps

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3819-3823

  Wethington, Stephanie L ^a   Herzog, Thomas J ^a,b   Burke, William M ^a,b   Sun, Xuming ^a   Lerner, Jodi P ^a   Lewin, Sharyn N ^a,b   Wright, Jason D ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 82955212938     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1815-z     Document Type: Article

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