Abstract
Abstract Context.—Population-based analysis of the histopathology of endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium and ovary combined with epidemiologic techniques offer a new approach to exploring the relationship of tumors that share a similar range of morphologic phenotypes. Objective.—To evaluate the contribution of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database to our understanding of gynecologic pathology. Specifically, to test and compare whether the etiology/pathogenesis of ovarian endometrioid cancer is as dependent upon the reproductive environment as uterine endometrial carcinoma. Design.—Graphic plots of the epidemiologic patterns were analyzed relating to incidence and age-specific rates of ovarian and uterine endometrioid carcinomas. The graphic analysis included evaluation of age frequency density plots and logarithmic plots (log-log) of age-specific incidence rates. Results.—At all ages, uterine endometrioid carcinomas have higher incidence rates than their ovarian homologues. U...
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