Is endometrial monitoring required with the use of long-term unopposed vaginal estrogen?

However, endometrial screening by any method, e.g. ultrasonic endometrial thickness, outpatient endometrial biopsy or progestogen challenge tests, is costly and will lead to many false-positive results, with subsequent unnecessary surgical interventions including hysteroscopy and diagnostic curettag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society 2006-10, Vol.9 (5), p.321-322
Hauptverfasser: MacLennan, Alastair H., Sturdee, David W.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:However, endometrial screening by any method, e.g. ultrasonic endometrial thickness, outpatient endometrial biopsy or progestogen challenge tests, is costly and will lead to many false-positive results, with subsequent unnecessary surgical interventions including hysteroscopy and diagnostic curettage, often under general anesthesia.
ISSN:1369-7137
1473-0804
DOI:10.1080/13697130600955229