Dear Mayo Clinic: I have a few small uterine polyps that my health care provider says are not likely to be cancerous and that I could be reevaluated in six months to see if further testing is needed.

April 26, 2011 (New York, New York) — A metaanalysis of women who have had polypectomies suggests that postmenopausal status and abnormal bleeding are negatively associated with endometrial neoplasia.

What is your feeling about incidental endometrial polyps noted sonographically in a postmenopausal woman? I read last month's green journal's lead article, which suggested that a certain percentage of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Age, nulliparity, polyps and shorter sampling intervals may predict endometrial hyperplasia and cancer. Risk ...

The conversation often begins with subtle changes that women might initially dismiss as normal variations in their monthly cycle. Perhaps unusual bleeding between periods, or discharge that seems ...

Uterine fibroids are muscular tumors that can cause bleeding between menstrual periods. Endometrial hyperplasia causes the ...

Women who have abnormal bleeding after menopause typically undergo a non-invasive procedure — a transvaginal ultrasound — to look for signs of uterine cancer. But research suggests that test misses ...