In the western world, endometrial carcinoma (EC) is the most common cancer of the female
genital tract. The annual incidence has been estimated at 10–20 per 100 000 women. Two …

In the Western world, endometrial carcinoma is the most common malignant tumour of the
female genital tract and the fourth most common cancer in women after carcinomas of …

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy, with 41,000 new cases
projected in the United States for 2006. Two different clinicopathologic subtypes are …

Endometrial carcinoma, a common malignancy of the female genital tract, is composed of a
number of tumor types with different light-microscopic features, molecular genetic …

On a clinicopathological and molecular level, two distinctive types of endometrial carcinoma,
type I and type II, can be distinguished. Endometrioid carcinoma, the typical type I …

Recent advances in molecular studies, especially genome-wide analyses, have revealed
the landscape of genomic alterations present in endometrial carcinomas, and have provided …

A dualistic model, which has been established on a morphological basis and that
differentiates type I endometrioid from type II nonendometrioid endometrial cancer, is widely …

This article reviews the main molecular alterations involved in endometrial carcinoma. Five
molecular features (microsatellite instability, and mutations in the PTEN, k-RAS, PIK3CA and …

Endometrioid carcinoma of the endometrium is the most common type of endometrial
carcinoma. The microscopic appearance of the tumor resembles that of the proliferative …

Two types of endometrial carcinoma are distinguished with respect to biology and clinical
course. Type-I carcinoma is related to hyperestrogenism by association with endometrial …