Importance: Endometriosis has been associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer; however, the associations between endometriosis subtypes and ovarian cancer histotypes have not been well-descri...
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the relationship between endometriosis and epithelial ovarian cancer.
METHODS: We analyzed retrospectively the 20 cases associated with endometriosis in 371 cases of epithelial...
Yoshikawa H et al., 2000Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
Endometriosis may be the precursor of clear cell or endometrioid ovarian cancer. In this review, we focus on the prevalence of endometriosis in ovarian cancer and related clinical and epidemiological ...
Vercellini P et al., 1993American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
In 556 patients undergoing surgery for ovarian cancers the frequency of endometriosis ranged from 3.6% to 5.6% in serous, mucinous, and miscellaneous neoplasms versus 26.3%, 21.1%, and 22.2%, respecti...