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Other diagnostic studies for endometrial cancer include endometrial biopsy, which is diagnostic for the disease. | Other diagnostic studies for endometrial cancer include endometrial biopsy, which is diagnostic for the disease.<ref name="pmid17316648">{{cite journal| author=Güney M, Oral B, Mungan T| title=Intrauterine lidocaine plus buccal misoprostol in the endometrial biopsy. | journal=Int J Gynaecol Obstet | year= 2007 | volume= 97 | issue= 2 | pages= 125-8 | pmid=17316648 | doi=10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.11.017 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17316648 }} </ref> | ||
In the past, dilatation and curettage was the diagnostic study of choice; however, nowadays it is mostly used as management for women with heavy bleeding or diagnostically in patients that cannot tolerate endometrial biopsy in the office. | In the past, dilatation and curettage was the diagnostic study of choice; however, nowadays it is mostly used as management for women with heavy bleeding or diagnostically in patients that cannot tolerate endometrial biopsy in the office. |
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Other diagnostic studies for endometrial cancer include endometrial biopsy
Other Diagnostic Studies
Other diagnostic studies for endometrial cancer include endometrial biopsy, which is diagnostic for the disease.[1]
In the past, dilatation and curettage was the diagnostic study of choice; however, nowadays it is mostly used as management for women with heavy bleeding or diagnostically in patients that cannot tolerate endometrial biopsy in the office.
References
- ↑ Güney M, Oral B, Mungan T (2007). "Intrauterine lidocaine plus buccal misoprostol in the endometrial biopsy". Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 97 (2): 125–8. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.11.017. PMID 17316648.