Endometrial carcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer in women after breast, lung and colon, in developed countries. Because it seemed important to evaluate the effectiveness of a noninvasive method, such as transvaginal ultrasound in screening women with risk factors for developing this disease, even more so taking into account the great curability of the same (the curable of the 10 most common cancers) if it is diagnosed and treated early.
Most women with endometrial carcinoma are postmenopausal and present consultation vaginal bleeding, with invasive methods such as biopsy and curettage, the most widely used for exploration. In these cases where we want to assess whether these methods can be replaced by transvaginal ultrasound, taking into account its complications.
We also want to deepen on the use of this diagnostic imaging in patients treated with tamoxifen for having had breast cancer and those with hormone replacement therapy.
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