Endometrial Cancer

Karen H. Lu(The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), Russell R. Broaddus(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
New England Journal of Medicine
November 18, 2020
Cited by 654

Abstract

Endometrial carcinoma is diagnosed in about 58,500 women in the United States per year. It is linked with obesity, excess estrogen, and the Lynch syndrome. Oral contraceptives lower the risk by 30 to 40%. Most patients undergo surgery with or without radiation therapy.


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