title: The effect of coexisting uterine myomas on clinico-pathological variables of endometrial carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence of leiomyomas in patients with endometrial carcinoma (EC) and the association of their presence with clinico-pathological variables and with survival.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective chart review was conducted of all endometrial carcinoma (EC) patients diagnosed and treated in the present institution between 2002 and 2008. Selected clinical data were abstracted from medical records. Pathological data such as the presence of myomas (any size), tumor grade, depth of myometrial invasion presence of lymphovascular space involvement (LVSI), and the presence of metastases, are based on the original pathology report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Coexisting myomas were found in 74 (56.9%) of 130 EC patients diagnosed during the study period. No significant difference with regard to age, histological type, stage, grade, depth of myometrial invasion, LVSI, lymph node involvement, and presence of metastases (other than lymph node involvement) was found between patients without and with myomas. There was also no significant difference in survival of EC patients without and with coexistent myomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present data seem to indicate that the presence of myomas does not affect clinico-pathological variables of EC patients nor their survival.
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E. Wolfson Medical Center Holon, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel. joseph12@internet-zahav.net
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Menczer
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E. Wolfson Medical Center Holon, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben-Shem
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E. Wolfson Medical Center Holon, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E. Wolfson Medical Center Holon, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D042601:Lymphatic Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate