title: The role of ultrasound imaging in detecting endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women with vaginal bleeding.
abstract: Approximately 10% of women with postmenopausal bleeding have endometrial cancer, the most common reproductive organ malignancy among women in the United States. The use of transvaginal ultrasonography allows the clinician to identify women at risk for endometrial cancer and triage them to an appropriate procedure for a histologically confirmed diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Family and Community Health, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. wgrube@nursing.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grube
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ammon
authors.forename: Mara Devin
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Killen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*