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==Overview==
==Overview==
The laboratory findings associated with endometrial carcinoma are the following: CBC, serum [[CA-125]] concentration, serum iron concentrations, serum vitamin B12 and folate concentrations, liver function tests, and pulmonary function tests.
There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with endometrial cancer.


== Colorectal Cancer Laboratory Findings==
==Endometrial Cancer Laboratory Findings==
*Complete blood count and differential count - [[anemia]]
* There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with endometrial cancer.<ref name="pmid15099776">{{cite journal| author=Kimura T, Kamiura S, Yamamoto T, Seino-Noda H, Ohira H, Saji F| title=Abnormal uterine bleeding and prognosis of endometrial cancer. | journal=Int J Gynaecol Obstet | year= 2004 | volume= 85 | issue= 2 | pages= 145-50 | pmid=15099776 | doi=10.1016/j.ijgo.2003.12.001 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15099776  }} </ref>
 
* Measurement of CBC is only necessary if heavy uterine bleeding is present.
*Serum '''[[CA-125]]''' -The tumor marker is checked, since this can predict advanced stage disease.<ref>Dotters DJ. Preoperative CA 125 in endometrial cancer: is it useful? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000;182:1328-34. PMID 10871446.</ref>
*Hypercalcemia - with metastasis to the bone
 
===Test for Metastasis===
*Abnormal [[liver function tests]]
*Abnormal [[pulmonary function tests]]


==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Roukoz A. Karam, M.D.[2]

Overview

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with endometrial cancer.

Endometrial Cancer Laboratory Findings

  • There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with endometrial cancer.[1]
  • Measurement of CBC is only necessary if heavy uterine bleeding is present.

References

  1. Kimura T, Kamiura S, Yamamoto T, Seino-Noda H, Ohira H, Saji F (2004). "Abnormal uterine bleeding and prognosis of endometrial cancer". Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 85 (2): 145–50. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2003.12.001. PMID 15099776.


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