Open AccessNulliparity in Women with Double Primary Cancers in Both Breast and Endometrium
Author(s) -
Silman Alan,
Thomas Antony,
Kandler Rosalind,
Ashford Jane
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348609157384
Subject(s) - medicine , endometrium , endometrial cancer , gynecology , carcinoma , obstetrics , breast cancer , cancer
A hospital‐based diagnostic index revealed 340 women with endometrial carcinoma diagnosed over the 5‐year period 1974 to 1979. on later review, 12 had histological evidence of a separate primary in the breast, developing either prior or subsequent to the endometrial primary. Fifty‐eight per cent (n = 7) of these women were nulliparous, which was significantly greater than the nulliparity rate of 23% observed in a sample of the remaining women with endometrial cancer. the results from this small study suggest that the association of nulliparity with double primary cancers is greater than with endometrial cancer alone, though the findings need confirmation from the study of a larger series of such patients.