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- Imaging
- • CT or MRI scan of the abdomen and MRI scan of the pelvis are both useful for determining the extent of
- cancer in the pelvis, the presence of ovarian disease and the presence of involved pelvic and aortic lymph
- nodes and liver metastases.
- • Chest x-ray.
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- Endoscopy and Biopsy
- • The definitive diagnosis is made on an endometrial biopsy, which involves a small scraping of the uterus and is
- usually performed in the doctor's office. A dilation and curettage (D&C) is required for some women those
- who have biopsy-proven endometrial hyperplasia ( see Endometrial Cancer Precursors ), who
- have an insufficient specimen on an office biopsy or who can't have an endometrial biopsy done in the office
- because of a small cervical opening or discomfort.
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