Endometriosis and the subsequent risk of epithelial ovarian cancer

• Main Authors: Wen-Hsun Chang (Author), Kuan-Chin Wang (Author), Wen-Ling Lee (Author), Nicole Huang (Author), Yiing-Jeng Chou (Author), Rung-Chuang Feng (Author), Ming-Shyen Yen (Author), Ben-Shian Huang (Author), Chao-Yu Guo (Author), Peng-Hui Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: There is a possible correlation between endometriosis and an increased risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), but many uncertainties remain, including race, exposure or surveillance time, and surgical confirmation. Therefore, we carried out a large-scale, nationwide, controlled cohort s...