Clinicopathologic and biological parameters predicting the prognosis in endometrial cancer.
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.
Kim
Jae Wook
JW
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul 120-752, Korea. jaewookkim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Kim
Sung Hoon
SH
Kim
Young Tae
YT
Kim
Dong Kyu
DK
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017209:Apoptosis; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009857:Oncogenes; D011379:Prognosis