This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.Our objective is to identify the utility of ultrasound as a screening test for endometrial hyperplasia and cancer in an 'at risk' cohort. We hypothesize that endometrial thickness will be a significant predictor of endometrial hyperplasia in a postmenopausal female population with the metabolic syndrome: diabetes and/or insulin resistance, hypertension, and obesity. Endometrial carcinoma is an understudied cancer that disproportionately affects the women of Pennsylvania. This study will provide benefit regardless of its outcome, because it will be the first prospectively designed screening trial in an asymptomatic population. Assumptions made about the utility of screening or not screening for a disease as common and as morbid as endometrial cancer should not be made in the absence of data. We hope that we will be able to fill the current void in screening for gynecologic related cancers.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR010732-14
Application #
7718801
Study Section
National Center for Research Resources Initial Review Group (RIRG)
Project Start
2008-04-01
Project End
2009-03-31
Budget Start
2008-04-01
Budget End
2009-03-31
Support Year
14
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$5,274
Indirect Cost
Name
Pennsylvania State University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
129348186
City
Hershey
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
17033
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