Routine ultrasonography may trigger needless biopsies and hysteroscopies, say experts on quaternary prevention in cancer care ...

Common imaging tests for metastatic endometrial cancer include: Ultrasound Computed tomography (CT) scan Chest X-ray Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Positron emission tomography (PET ...

“And someone shouldn’t just do an ultrasound and tell you you’re fine. They should do a biopsy.” Chemotherapy may be part of your endometrial cancer treatment plan. (Photo ...

But after analysis, researchers discovered that endometrial lining thickness, as measured by the ultrasound, didn’t always accurately predict cancer risk. In fact, about a tenth of patients with ...

Women who have abnormal bleeding after menopause typically undergo a non-invasive procedure — a transvaginal ultrasound — to look for signs of uterine cancer. But research suggests that test ...

Uterine cancer starts in the uterus. Doctors can order several tests, including blood and imaging tests, to diagnose and monitor the progression of this cancer. Cancer can form in two parts of the ...

When you have an ultrasound or MRI ... stripe above 4 mm or more is considered to be an indication for endometrial cancer. Uterine fibroids can attach to the endometrium and make it look thicker.

“I would say that about 95% of the women that I speak with had no idea that the normal pap did not detect uterine cancer,” Allen said. It takes a biopsy or ultrasound to detect it. The ...

Biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosing endometrial cancer. The algorithm for determining who needs a biopsy is based on endometrium thickness, measured with a transvaginal ultrasound. Doll found ...

It didn’t. After more than a year, a doctor ordered an ultrasound followed by a test that finally identified the problem: uterine cancer. "Hernandez decided to get a partial hysterectomy after ...

She has found that ultrasound scans that measure the thickness of the uterine wall are less accurate when patients have the more-lethal non-endometrioid type of uterine cancer, which is more ...