Open AccessDiagnostic role of papanicolaou smear, hemoglobin, blood group, and other clinical symptoms in detecting endometrial carcinoma: A clinicopathological study of 175 Iranian women with endometrial carcinoma
Author(s) -
Maryam Sadat Hosseini,
Shima Mohammadian,
Farah Farzaneh,
Mohammad Arab,
Tahereh Ashrafganjoei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gynecology and minimally invasive therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2213-3089
pISSN - 2213-3070
DOI - 10.4103/gmit.gmit_93_19
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , papanicolaou stain , endometrium , gynecology , hemoglobin , obstetrics , cancer , cervical cancer
Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is a common gynecologic malignancy in the female genital tract, especially in postmenopausal women. The current study aimed to analyze Papanicolaou (Pap) smear in patients with EC to assess the relationship between EC and abnormal cells in Pap smear, ABO blood group, and hemoglobin anemia.