Endometrial cancer in young, normal-weight women

Endometrial cancer in young, normal-weight women

To determine if young, normal-weight women with endometrial cancer have unique risk factors and clinical characteristics when compared with young, overweight and obese women with endometrial cancer. Between 1989 and 2003, 1531 patients were treated for endometrial cancer. 188 (12%) of these women we...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gynecologic oncology 2005-11, Vol.99 (2), p.388-392
Hauptverfasser: Schmeler, Kathleen M., Soliman, Pamela T., Sun, Charlotte C., Slomovitz, Brian M., Gershenson, David M., Lu, Karen H.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Age Factors
Body Weight
Cohort Studies
Endometrial cancer
Endometrial Neoplasms - epidemiology
Endometrial Neoplasms - pathology
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Normal-weight women
Obesity
PCOS
Registries
Risk Factors
United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:To determine if young, normal-weight women with endometrial cancer have unique risk factors and clinical characteristics when compared with young, overweight and obese women with endometrial cancer. Between 1989 and 2003, 1531 patients were treated for endometrial cancer. 188 (12%) of these women were premenopausal and under the age of 50 at time of diagnosis. The patients were divided into three groups based on body mass index (BMI): normal weight (BMI 
ISSN:0090-8258
1095-6859
DOI:10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.06.029