The Role of the Endometrial Microbiota in Endometrial Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT: Background: Endometrial cancer is currently the sixth most frequent cancer in women, and scientific research is focusing on the search for particular features of the endometrium that may explain a further predisposition to the onset of endometrial cancer, aimed at improving knowledge of the pathogenetic factors of this disease. The aim of our review is to analyze in detail the results of the literature on the endometrial microbiota in patients with endometrial cancer and to investigate its role. Methods: We performed our research on the Pubmed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. We searched up to December 2023 and considered manuscripts published from 2000. Only articles in English were included in the search. We excluded studies in which the endometrial microbiota were co

SUBMITTER: Stabile G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11642298 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature