Endometrial Cancer with and without Endometriosis: Clinicopathological Differences.

ABSTRACT: Endometriosis is known to be associated with an increased risk of endometrioid and clear cell ovarian cancer. However, the association between endometriosis and endometrial cancer is controversial. Therefore, we retrospectively analyzed the medical records of women with endometrial cancer who had undergone surgery at our institution to evaluate the clinicopathological relationship between endometrial cancer and endometriosis. The study included 720 women pathologically diagnosed with endometrial cancer at our hospital between 2000 and 2020. The participants were allocated to two groups of patients with endometrial cancer: patients with endometriosis (n = 101) and patients without endometriosis (n = 619). Endometrial cancer patients with endometriosis were significantly younger (median age

SUBMITTER: Minamikawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10705732 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature