Journal of Medical Screening > Volume 15, Number 4 > Pp. 188-198

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Normal endometrial cells in cervical cytology: systematic review of prevalence and relation to significant endometrial pathology

Karen CanfellDPhil, Sydney Rotary Research Fellow  , Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit, Cancer Council New South Wales, 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia

Yoon Jung KangMPH (Hons), PhD Student , Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit, New South Wales, 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia

Mark ClementsPhD, Research Fellow , The National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Aye Myat MoaMPH, Research Assistant , Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit, New South Wales, 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Valerie BeralFRS, Director , Cancer Epidemiology Unit, The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

View larger version (32K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1 (A) Summary estimate for prevalence of normal endometrial cells (NECs) in older women as a percentage of all smears (from women of all ages). (B) Summary estimate for prevalence of NECs in older women in the postmenopausal period or women aged 40+ years

 

View larger version (28K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2 (A) Summary estimate for overall proportion of followed-up women with normal endometrial cells (NECs) found to have significant endometrial pathology. (B) Summary estimate for overall proportion of followed-up women with NECs found to have endometrial carcinoma

 

View larger version (35K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3 (A) Summary estimate for proportion of followed-up women with normal endometrial cells (NECs) found to have significant endometrial pathology who also present with symptoms. (B) Summary estimate for proportion of followed-up women with NECs found to have endometrial carcinoma who also present with symptoms

 

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