Ultrasonographic evaluation of endometrial stripe thickness is insufficient to rule out uterine serous carcinoma.

Purpose: Uterine serous carcinoma (USC) is a rare endometrial cancer representing less than 10% of uterine cancers but contributing to up to 50% of the mortality. Delay in diagnosis with this high-grade histology can have significant clinical impact. USC is known to arise in a background of endometrial atrophy.

Success Rates of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Endometrial Cancer in Patients with Body Mass Index < 45 Compared with Body Mass Index ≥ 45.

Study Objective: The objective is to evaluate the rate of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in patients with body mass index (BMI [kg/m]) BMI ≥ 45 compared with < 45.

Design: A retrospective chart review.

Setting: Three urban referral-based settings-1 academic and 2 community based.

Cervical Cancer Screening in Postmenopausal Women: Is It Time to Move Toward Primary High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Screening?

Cervical cytology in postmenopausal women is challenging due to physiologic changes of the hypoestrogenic state. Misinterpretation of an atrophic smear as atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance (ASCUS) is one of the most common errors. We hypothesize that high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing may be more accurate with fewer false positive results than co-testing of hrHPV and cervical cytology for predicting clinically significant cervical dysplasia in postmenopausal women.