title: Endometrial cancer in women 45 years of age or younger: a clinicopathological analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the experience with endometrial carcinoma in women < or =45 years of age at Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, La.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the clinical history, treatment, and follow-up of 38 women < or =45 years of age diagnosed with endometrial cancer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-eight patients received primary treatment for endometrial cancer: stage I, 32 (84.2%); stage II, 1 (2.6%); stage III, 4 (10.5%); stage IV, 1 (2.6%). Tumors were well differentiated in 20 (52.6%), moderately differentiated in 10 (26.3%), and poorly differentiated in 8 (21.1%). At end of study period 32 women (84.2%) were alive with no evidence of disease, 5 had died of recurrent disease, and 1 died of metastatic breast cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients < or =45 years of age had lower incidence of advanced stage disease, higher degree of tumor differentiation, and better prognosis compared to patients older than 45 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Gilbert P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Pellerin
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Finan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors