Endometriosis related to family history of malignancies in the Yale series

Matalliotakis, Ioannis M; Cakmak, Hakan; Krasonikolakis, Georgios D; Dermitzaki, Despina; Fragouli, Yvoni; Vlastos, Georges; Arici, Aydin

doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2009.02.012

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English

Endometriosis related to family history of malignancies in the Yale series

ContributorsMatalliotakis, Ioannis M; Cakmak, Hakan; Krasonikolakis, Georgios D; Dermitzaki, Despina; Fragouli, Yvoni; Vlastos, Georges; Arici, Aydin

Published inSurgical oncology, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 33-37

Publication date2010

Abstract

Recent studies reported that endometriosis could behave as a neoplasmatic process. The purpose of this study is to investigate the family risk of ovarian, colon and prostate cancer in women with endometriosis.

Keywords

Adult
Case-Control Studies
Colorectal Neoplasms/epidemiology/genetics
Confidence Intervals
Connecticut
Endometriosis/genetics
Female
Humans
Male
Medical History Taking
Odds Ratio
Ovarian Neoplasms/epidemiology/genetics
Prostatic Neoplasms/epidemiology/genetics
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Citation (ISO format)

MATALLIOTAKIS, Ioannis M et al. Endometriosis related to family history of malignancies in the Yale series. In: Surgical oncology, 2010, vol. 19, n° 1, p. 33–37. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.02.012

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PID : unige:21447
DOI : 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.02.012
PMID : 19299121

Journal ISSN0960-7404

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Endometriosis related to family history of malignancies in the Yale series

Recent studies reported that endometriosis could behave as a neoplasmatic process. The purpose of this study is to investigate the family risk of ovarian, colon and prostate cancer in women with endometriosis.

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