Risk factors and treatment of endometrial carcinoma.
A twelve-year retrospective study of 54 consecutive cases of endometrial carcinoma revealed that post-menopausal bleeding was the commonest symptom, and the major associated risk factors were obesity and hypertension. Panhysterectomy was the corner-stone of treatment while adjunctive therapy was based on certain prognostic factors and the operator's preference.
Sirjusingh
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Mount Hope Women's Hospital, Trinidad.
Bassaw
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B
Roopnarinesingh
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S
Ali
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010052:Ovariectomy; D017698:Postmenopause; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012489:Salpingostomy