REVIEW Endometrial Thickness as a Test for Endometrial Cancer in Women With Postmenopausal Vaginal Bleeding

OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of endometrial thickness measurement as a test for endometrial cancer in post-menopausal women with vaginal bleeding (symptomatic women). DATA SOURCES: We conducted a literature search using the MEDLINE database from 1991 to 1997, and the key words “vaginal ultrasonography ” and “endometrial thickness measurement. ” The review was limited to original re-search reports written in English, concerning symptomatic women having vaginal ultrasonography before a diagnos-tic test and not receiving tamoxifen. STUDY SELECTION: A total of 48 studies were identified. A questionnaire was sent to the corresponding author of each paper requesting supplementary information. Data were included in our analysis if the corresponding author wa