Endometrial Cancer
New data from Queen Elizabeth Hospital illuminate research in endometrial cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 12th, 2008
"Cervical involvement by endometrial cancer alters the FIGO stage and determines clinical management, but there are no accepted guidelines for cervical sampling of these cases. To assess whether sampling more than two ''routine'' blocks of the cervix (anterior and posterior) alters the pathological staging of hysterectomy specimens for endometrial cancer," scientists in Gateshead, the United Kingdom report.
"Histological involvement of the cervix was prospectively compared in hysterectomies performed for proven endometrial cancer (n = 61). Specimens had two ''routine'' blocks taken from anterior and posterior cervix; all of the remaining cervix was also processed for...
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