Sensitivity of cervical cytology in endometrial cancer detection in a tertiary hospital in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cervical cytology is a well-stablished cervical cancer screening method. However, due to the anatomical continuity of the genital tract, it can also detect signs of endometrial disease. Our aim was to estimate the sensitivity of cervical cytology in endometrial cancer detection and prognosis in a large population over a 30-year period in a large academic tertiary hospital in Spain.

Methodology

We performed a search for women diagnosed with endometrial cancer from 1990 to 2020, who were surgically treated and had a previous cervical cytology result. Information Technologies Department databases from Bellvitge University Hospital and the Screenwide case-control study's database were used. Cervical cytology results were classified as abnormal when squamous lesions,

SUBMITTER: Frias-Gomez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495290 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature