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How accurate is an office hysteroscopy endometrial biopsy &polypectomy in showing cancer or hyperplasia?

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Dr. Ann McKane
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Not entirely - : To make these diagnoses - of cancer and hyperplasia - a pathologist really must examine slides of biopsies or smears. These diagnoses cannot be made with any certainty without microscopic examination.
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