Molecular and pathologic aspects of endometrial carcinogenesis.

Abstract excerpt

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy, with 41,000 new cases projected in the United States for 2006. Two different clinicopathologic subtypes are recognized: the estrogen-related (type I, endometrioid) and the non-estrogen-related types (type II, nonendometrioid such as papillary serous and clear cell). The morphologic differences in these cancers are mirrored in their molecular genetic...

Topics

• Carcinoma, Endometrioid
• Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
• Disease Progression
• Endometrial Neoplasms
• Estrogens
• Female