Currently endometrial cancer remains a pressing issue for public health worldwide. Every year there is a steady increase in morbidity rates, which is associated with an increase in the prevalence of risk factors for the disease among which “non-steroid triad” is prevalent: obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome. Other significant risk factors for endometrial cancer include the long-term use of tamoxifen and the presence of Lynch syndrome, which makes it possible to carry out selective screening of the disease in these groups of patients. Endometrial cancer is a symptomatic disease, the main clinical manifestation of which is the bleeding from the genital tract on the background of postmenopause. In this case, with timely diagnostic measures, the disease is diagnosed in more than 80% of cases in the early stages of the tumor process, in which the results of treatment are satisfactory. However, despite years of research, questions remain about the relevance and feasibility of population and selective screening f
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)662-672
JournalКАЗАНСКИЙ МЕДИЦИНСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ
Volume100
Issue number4
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Endometrial biopsy, endometrial cancer, Lynch syndrome, pelvic ultrasonography, screening, uterine cancer, биопсия эндометрия, рак тела матки, рак эндометрия, синдром Линча, скрининг, ультразвуковое исследование органов малого таза

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