Preoperative risk stratification is essential in tailoring endometrial cancer treatment, and biomarkers predicting lymph node metastasis and aggressive disease are aspired in clinical practice. DNA ...

Objectives: We sought to determine the reliability of tumor typing and grading at the prehysterectomy curettage biopsy in patients with endometrial carcinoma. We also wanted to evaluate the overall ...

Uterine mesenchymal tumors continue to be a challenge to diagnose due to their non-specific clinical presentation, often non-distinctive gross appearance, varied (and many times overlapping) ...

Dilatation and curettage, also called a DandC, is a surgical procedure in which the cervix of the uterus is dilated (expanded) and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curette (a ...

Q. I am 70 and have a large uterine polyp. Because I had profuse bleeding during menopause and painful biopsies after abnormal Pap smears, I would like to have a hysterectomy and be done with the ...

>2000 IU/l (TVS) 0.81 •A serum hCG of >2000 IU/l was found to indicate an ectopic pregnancy in women with no signs of an ectopic pregnancy on TVS •In women where TVS showed an ectopic mass or fluid in ...

Increased endometrial thickness is a potential sign of endometrial cancer. Doctors are most likely to be concerned if you also experience bleeding. Endometrial thickness refers to the thickness of the ...

How would you proceed with a 64-year-old woman who has complex endometrial hyperplasia and secretory changes? The patient is not receiving hormone replacement therapy, and her follicle-stimulating ...

When is endocervical curettage (ECC) recommended as part of the evaluation of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding? —Mary McCrossan, MD, Wilmington, Del. ECC is warranted in a woman with postmenopausal ...