Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...

Extrauterine pelvic diseases include several kinds of adnexal masses. In addition, pelvic adhesions and deep endometriosis can be considered extrauterine pelvic diseases. In this article we will ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transvaginal ultrasonography below 5 mm led to misclassification of Black women with endometrial cancer. Women ...

Several studies report an increase of endometrial cancer (EC) risk in breast cancer patients after long-term tamoxifen treatment (Fornander et al, 1989; Fisher et al, 1994, Cecchini et al, 1998); such ...

—Although transvaginal ultrasonography is commonly used to stage endometrial cancer at diagnosis, it may have unintended negative consequences in Black patients, suggest the results of a new study.

A study of pre-operative (neoadjuvant) letrozole in combination with bevacizumab in post-menopausal women with newly diagnosed operable breast cancer: A preliminary safety report No significant ...

Transvaginal ultrasounds fail to detect endometrial cancer in up to 11.4% of Black women, according to research from a Seattle-based University of Washington study published June 27 in JAMA Oncology.

Women who have abnormal bleeding after menopause typically undergo a non-invasive procedure — a transvaginal ultrasound — to look for signs of uterine cancer. But research suggests that test misses ...

Ultrasound is one of the most common procedures in the United States, with more than 140 million ultrasound procedures performed every year.1 These procedures are highly variable, spanning many areas ...

Table 2. Diagnostic Accuracies of Different Methods in the Detection of Deep Endometriosis Financial & Competing Interests Disclosure: The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial ...