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 …

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 …

Purpose Despite long and intensive research, endometriosis remains one of the leading
causes of morbidity among premenopausal women. The majority of endometriosis-related …

Purpose The risks of gynecologic cancer have not been well established in women with
endometriosis. The objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of …

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 …

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of viable endometrial glands and stroma outside
of the uterus. It is a common disease, occurring in 5 to 15% of all women. Endometriosis is …

BACKGROUND: Several observations of the coexistence of endometriosis and cancer have
been published. One study concerning endometriosis patients from 1969 to 1986 showed …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the risks of gynecologic cancer according to the type of
endometriosis in women with surgically verified endometriosis. METHODS: This is a …

Objectives Endometriosis has been believed to increase the risk of developing ovarian
cancer, but recent data supporting this hypothesis are lacking. The aim of this study was to …

Introduction The objective of this review was to evaluate the published literature on
epidemiologic risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer among women with a diagnosis of …