title: Oestrogen use and survival in endometrial cancer.
abstract: Of 860 women with endometrial cancer registered in a regional cancer treatment centre, 259 (30%) gave a history of oestrogen use for 6 months or more at some time before diagnosis, and 568 (66%) were non-users. OEstrogen use was associated with younger age, earlier stage, lower grade of tumour, less common myometrial invasion, and preferred treatment including radiation and hysterectomy. The 5-year survival of oestrogen users was 92 +/- 2% compared with 68 +/- 2% for non-users. Further analysis controlling for differences in the distribution of the variables associated with survival showed that for women who have endometrial cancer, the risk of any death for non-users is approximately 2-7 times greater than for oestrogen users, and the risk of death from endometrial cancer is 5.4 times greater for non-users. A history of oestrogen use is not associated with superior survival of women who have poorly differentiated tumours or myometrial invasion.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004967:Estrogens / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens