Open AccessClinicopathologic and Biological Parameters Predicting the Prognosis in Endometrial Cancer
Author(s) -
Jae Wook Kim,
Sung Hoon Kim,
Young Tae Kim,
Dong Kyu Kim
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.6.769
Subject(s) - medicine , endometrial cancer , incidence (geometry) , malignancy , female circumcision , cervix , cancer , gynecology , cervical cancer , carcinoma , oncology , histopathology , endometrium , menopause , pathology , physics , optics
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.