Evaluation of endometrial precancerous lesions in postmenopausal obese women - a high risk group?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-198

  Acmaz, Gokhan ^a   Aksoy, Huseyin ^b   Albayrak, Evrim ^c   Baser, Muruvet ^c   Ozyurt, Sezin ^a   Aksoy, Ulku ^a   Unal, Dilek ^a  

^a Kayseri State Hospital of Research and Education   (Turkey)

^b Kayseri Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial hyperplasia; Endometrial polyp; High risk group; Menopause; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCER; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84894064069     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.1.195     Document Type: Article

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