Yonsei Med J.  2002 Dec;43(6):769-778. 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.6.769.

Clinicopathologic and Biological Parameters Predicting the Prognosis in Endometrial Cancer

• Kim JW
• Kim SH
• Kim YT
• Kim DK

• KMID: 1093953
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2002.43.6.769

Abstract

Endometrial carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in United States or Europe, but in Korea, its incidence is comparatively low than that of cervical cancer of uterine cervix. Recently the prolonged life expectancy, postmenopausal use of hormone replacement therapy, and the availability of easily applied diagnostic techniques have led to increasing incidence of endometrial cancer. Although during the past several decades, the histopathology, spread patterns, and prognostic factors of endometrial cancers have been better defined, the clinicopathologic and biologic prognostic parameters should be further evaluated for the better treatment results in endometrial cancer.

Keyword

Endometrial cancer; clinicopathologic parameters; biological parameters

MeSH Terms

Adult
Aged
Apoptosis
Endometrial Neoplasms/mortality/*pathology
Female
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Human
Middle Age
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Oncogenes
Prognosis