Abstract：
:Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, accounting for approximately 6,000 deaths per year in the United States. It is more common in women who are older, white, affluent obese and of low parity. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are also predisposing factors. Because any condition that increases exposure to unopposed estrogen increases the risk of endometrial cancer, tamoxifen therapy, estrogen replacement therapy without progestin and the presence of estrogen-secreting tumors are all risk factors. Smoking and the use of oral contraceptives appear to decrease the risk. Women with an increased risk and those with postmenopausal bleeding should be screened for endometrial cancer. Endometrial sampling is currently the most accurate and widely used screening technique, but ultrasonographic measurement of endometrial thickness and hysteroscopy have also been studied. Patients with endometrial specimens that show atypia have about a 25 percent likelihood of progressing to carcinoma, compared with less than 2 percent in patients without atypia. Endometrial cancer is usually treated surgically, but in patients with appropriate pathologic findings who decline surgical treatment, progestin therapy may be satisfactory.
journal_name
Am Fam Physicianjournal_title
American family physicianauthors
Canavan TP,Doshi NRsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-06-01 00:00:00pages
3069-77issue
11eissn
0002-838Xissn
1532-0650journal_volume
59pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Postpartum hemorrhage, the loss of more than 500 mL of blood after delivery, occurs in up to 18 percent of births and is the most common maternal morbidity in developed countries. Although risk factors and preventive strategies are dearly documented, not all cases are expected or avoidable. Uterine atony is responsibl...
journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
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doi：
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
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doi：
更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
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doi：
更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American family physician
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
