[Endometriosis and genital carcinoma]
Jugoslavenska Ginekologija I Opstetricija
|September 1, 1984
Abstract:
From 1975 to 1977, out of 3065 women with major vaginal and abdominal operations, 343 were found to have endometriosis (11.1%). Of the latter, 36 (10.4%) had also genital cancer, i.e. cervical (22 women), endometrial (6 women), and ovarian (8 women). In none of these cases was a malignant alteration of endometriosis observed.
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