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Screening for endometrial cancer?
Author(s) -
Frable William J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.23705
Subject(s) - endometrial cancer , medicine , cytopathology , uterine cancer , sampling (signal processing) , gynecology , cancer , cytology , obstetrics , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Even with direct endometrial sampling as an outpatient/office procedure, a screening program to detect endometrial cancer remains elusive. In this issue of Cancer Cytopathology , Kipp et al report on the feasibility of direct uterine sampling using the Tao brush sampler and a liquid–based cytology preparation for the detection of endometrial cancer.