Endometrial cancer in Israel, 1969-1975.
Epidemiological data on 1017 cases of primary cancer of endometrium in Israel diagnosed over a 7-year period are presented. Incidence of corpus cancer in Israel has not changed in the last decade; the mean incidence for the current study is 18.73/100,000 women above the age of 25. Eight percent of patients were above the age of 51, with a steep increase of incidence being found above the age of 35. Endometrial carcinoma was four to five times more prevalent in Jewish women of European-American origin than in those of Asian-African background. In 85% of the patients diagnosis was made while the disease was in Stage I. A strong correlation was found between endometrial cancer and infertility, but no correlation was found with diabetes and hypertension. The five-year survival rate in the present survey was 65.0%. Factors affecting prognosis and clinical stage of the disease at diagnosis, degree of myometrial invasion, tumor differentiation, age of the patient and type of treatment are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology; D007557:Israel; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy