VALUE OF UTERINE ARTERY DOPPLER IN ENDOMETRIAL CANCER

Twenty-seven women with endometrial cancer were studied with Doppler u ltrasound coupled with a vaginal probe. Pulsatility index of the flow velocity of the uterine artery was recorded and compared to that of a control group. The subjects and the controls did not differ in blood b ow measurements. There was no correlation between severity of disease and flow velocimetry values. Eleven of the patients underwent brachyth erapy prior to surgery. Administration of brachytherapy resulted in a decrease of the peripheral resistance. The results of this study indic ate that Doppler velocimetry of the uterine artery is not a valuable t ool in discriminating between malignant and benign endometrium.