Endometrial carcinoma and its precursors

Pouya Javadian, Farr Nezhat

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on premalignant and malignant diseases of the endometrium (lining of the uterus). Endometrial carcinoma is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. Women have a 1 in 40 lifetime risk of being diagnosed with endometrial cancer, the fourth most common malignancy among women. An estimated 61,880 new diagnoses of uterine cancer and 12,160 deaths from the disease occurred in 2019 in the United States (American Cancer Society, Facts & Figures, https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/uterine/statistics/index.htm, 2019).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer
Pages59-72
Number of pages14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume1242
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Genetics
  • Histology
  • Management
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Pathophysiology
  • Surveillance
  • Treatment

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