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  • Title: Endometrial carcinoma: feasibility of case-finding in a family physician's office.
    Author: Gray GL, Ellison PA, Shafir MS.
    Journal: CMAJ; 1988 Jan 15; 138(2):125-8. PubMed ID: 3334922.
    Abstract:
    To study the feasibility of endometrial sampling in a family physician's office we examined 42 asymptomatic women 50 years of age or older with the use of a Milan-Markley helix to obtain cytopathologic material. Nine procedures could not be completed because of stenosis of the introitus or cervix. The procedure took less than 3 minutes to complete for 30 women, and there was no technical difficulty for 27. Adequate amounts of tissue for diagnosis were obtained from 32 women. One or more risk factors for endometrial carcinoma were present in 34 women. Nine samples showed atypical hyperplasia. Although 37 women experienced discomfort and 19 experienced spotting, 35 were willing to have the procedure repeated annually or as indicated by their physician.
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