Endometriosis and risks for ovarian, endometrial and breast cancers: a nationwide cohort study

JB Mogensen, SK Kjær, L Mellemkjær, A Jensen - Gynecologic oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective A growing body of evidence suggests that endometriosis increases the risk for
ovarian cancer, but it is less well studied whether the excess risk is confined to certain …

Increased association between endometriosis and endometrial cancer: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study

HC Yu, CY Lin, WC Chang, BJ Shen… - International Journal of …, 2015 - ijgc.bmj.com
Objective Association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer has been well
established. Nonetheless, endometriosis may also be associated with endometrial cancer …

Endometriosis and risk of ovarian cancer: what do we know?

M Králíčková, AS Laganà, F Ghezzi… - Archives of gynecology and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Despite long and intensive research, endometriosis remains one of the leading
causes of morbidity among premenopausal women. The majority of endometriosis-related …

The association between endometriosis and gynecological cancers and breast cancer: a review of epidemiological data

PS Munksgaard, J Blaakaer - Gynecologic oncology, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This article critically reviews the literature on the association between
endometriosis and gynecological cancers and breast cancer, based on epidemiologic data …

The association between endometriosis and risk of endometrial cancer and breast cancer: a meta-analysis

J Ye, H Peng, X Huang, X Qi - BMC Women's Health, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Endometriosis (EMS) is confirmed pathophysiologically to be an estrogen-
dependent disease, similar to endometrial hyperplasia/cancer and breast cancer …

The risks for ovarian, endometrial, breast, colorectal, and other cancers in women with newly diagnosed endometriosis or adenomyosis: a population-based study

VC Kok, HJ Tsai, CF Su, CK Lee - International Journal of Gynecologic …, 2015 - ijgc.bmj.com
Objective Recent studies report a link between endometriosis and ovarian cancer (OC).
Using a population-based cohort study to confirm the association between endometriosis …

Endometriosis and the risk of cancer with special emphasis on ovarian cancer

A Melin, P Sparen, I Persson, A Bergqvist - Human reproduction, 2006 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND: Several observations of the coexistence of endometriosis and cancer have
been published. One study concerning endometriosis patients from 1969 to 1986 showed …

The relation between endometriosis and ovarian cancer–a review

LN Heidemann, D Hartwell… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Endometriosis is known to harbor characteristics substantiating its possible role
as a precursor of ovarian cancer. Objective To assess the quality of the literature regarding …

Risk and prognosis of ovarian cancer in women with endometriosis: a meta-analysis

HS Kim, TH Kim, HH Chung, YS Song - British journal of cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Background: The risk and prognosis of ovarian cancer have not been well established in
women with endometriosis. Thus, we investigated the impact of endometriosis on the risk …

Endometriosis as a risk factor for ovarian or endometrial cancer—results of a hospital-based case–control study

S Burghaus, L Häberle, MG Schrauder, K Heusinger… - BMC cancer, 2015 - Springer
Background No screening programs are available for ovarian or endometrial cancer. One
reason for this is the low incidence of the conditions, resulting in low positive predictive …