Gentry-Maharaj, A;
Karpinskyj, C;
(2020)
Current and future approaches to screening for endometrial cancer.
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
, 65
pp. 79-97.
10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.12.006.
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Abstract
Due largely to the rise in obesity and prolonged life expectancy, endometrial cancer (EC) rates have increased by 56% since the early 90s. Women at high risk (Lynch Syndrome) have a 12–47% lifetime risk of developing EC and professional societies recommend annual surveillance using transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) and endometrial biopsy (outpatients hysteroscopy) from the age of 30–35 years with hysterectomy from the age of 40 years. In women at low risk, screening is not currently advocated. The emerging data from Genome Wide Association studies (GWAS) in combination with epidemiological data may refine risk stratification in the future. In addition to screening, preventative approaches such as intrauterine progesterone may help reduce disease burden in those identified at ‘higher risk’.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Current and future approaches to screening for endometrial cancer |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.12.006 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.12.006 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Endometrial cancer, Endometrial sampling, Lynch syndrome, Risk factors, Screening, Transvaginal ultrasound |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology > MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094842 |
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