Ovarian Cancer
Some ovarian tumors can originate from endometrioid tissue
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, August 23rd, 2004
According to T. Vangorp and colleagues, Katholieke University of Leuven Hospital, "Epidemiological evidence from large-cohort studies confirms endometriosis as an independent risk factor for ovarian cancer. Further circumstantial evidence for this link was found in the common risk factors for ovarian cancer and endometriosis. These risk factors influence retrograde menstruation and endometriosis in the same positive or negative way."
They reported that the prevalence of endometriosis in epithelial ovarian cancer has been...
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