Correlation of clinicopathological and prognostic characteristics between endometriosis-associated and primary ovarian cancer

• Published in: BMC cancer Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 1210
• Main Authors: Wang, Huimin, Chen, Cong, Wang, Danbo, Zhu, Yanmei, Chen, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.12.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell - pathology; Age; Analysis; Ascites; Biomarkers; Body mass index; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Clinical pathology; Comparative analysis; Complications and side effects; Diagnostic criteria; Endometrial cancer; Endometriosis; Endometriosis - complications; Endometriosis - diagnosis; Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Malignancy; Menopause; Metastasis; Mortality; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - complications; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian clear cell carcinoma; Ovarian endometrioid carcinoma; Ovarian Neoplasms - metabolism; Patients; Post-menopause; Postmenopausal women; Prevention; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Social aspects; Surgery; Survival analysis; Tumor proteins; Tumors; China; Ovarian clear cell carcinoma; Ovarian endometrioid carcinoma; Diagnostic criteria; Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer

The main aim of this study was to establish the clinicopathological and prognostic correlations between endometriosis-associated and non-endometriosis-associated primary ovarian cancer, with a view to providing a reference guide for revision of diagnostic criteria for malignant transformation of end...