Review Article
Molecular Profiling of Endometrial Malignancies
Table 1
Clinical and pathological characteristics of type I and type II endometrial carcinoma [
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2,
4ā
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| Proportion of endometrial carcinomas | 4/5 | 1/5 | Menstrual status | Pre- and perimenopausal | Postmenopausal | Endocrine-metabolic disturbance | Present | Absent | Estrogen-associated | Yes | No | Background endometrium | Hyperplasia | Atrophy | Histological type | Endometrioid | Serous, clear cell | Tumor grade | Low | High | Depth of myometrial invasion | Superficial | Deep | Behavior | Stable/indolent | Progressive/aggressive |
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