Association between Endometriosis and the Risk of Ovarian, Endometrial, Cervical, and Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study from the U.S. National Inpatient Sample 2016-2019.
Ismail Abdulrahman Al-BadawiAhmed Abu-ZaidOsama AlomarMohannad AlsabbanSaud Owaimer AlsehaimiSaad M S AlqarniSafa Nasser AlabdrabalamirSaeed BaradwanMaha Al BaalharithAmal A AlOdainiSaleh A K SalehHeba Mohamed AdlyIbtihal Abdulaziz BukhariHany SalemPublished in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2024)
Patients with endometriosis exhibited unique gynecologic cancer risk profiles, with higher risks for ovarian and endometrial cancers, and no significant risk for cervical cancer. The observed connection between endometriosis and a reduced risk of breast cancer remains a perplexing phenomenon, which cannot be put into context to date.