Research Article
The Association between Primary Endometrioid Carcinoma of the Ovary and Synchronous Malignancy of the Endometrium
(a) All epithelial ovarian cancers according to histological type and age at diagnosis. |
| Histological type of ovarian cancers | Patients | % | Range | Median | Mean | % 50 years | % years |
| Adenocarcinoma | 1456 | 27.1 | 18–97 | 64 | 62.5 | 16.3 | 83.7 | Clearcell carcinoma | 236 | 4.4 | 28–88 | 58 | 59.2 | 23.7 | 76.3 | Endometrioid carcinoma | 460 | 8.6 | 20–86 | 59 | 58.8 | 25.4 | 74.6 | Mucinous carcinoma | 733 | 13.7 | 14–92 | 52 | 52.1 | 44.9 | 55.1 | Serous carcinoma | 1801 | 33.6 | 16–100 | 62 | 59.9 | 22.9 | 77.1 | Others | 680 | 12.7 | 16–100 | 62 | 61.5 | 20.9 | 81.2 |
| Total | 5366 | 100 | 14–100 | 61 | 59.6 | 24.2 | 75.8 |
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(b) Subset of epithelial ovarian cancers with malignancy in the endometrium. |
| Histological type of ovarian cancers | Patients | % | Range | Median | Mean | % 50 years | % years |
| Adenocarcinoma | 49 | 31.2 | 34–85 | 59 | 59.8 | 22.5 | 87.5 | Clearcell carcinoma | 3 | 1.9 | 53–78 | 71 | 67.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | Endometrioid carcinoma | 53 | 33.8 | 36–80 | 53 | 54.9 | 32.1 | 67.9 | Mucinous carcinoma | 7 | 4.5 | 49–73 | 57 | 59.7 | 14.3 | 85.7 | Serous carcinoma | 27 | 17.2 | 31–78 | 68 | 64.1 | 11.1 | 88.9 | Others | 18 | 11.5 | 46–78 | 55 | 57.9 | 22.2 | 79.8 |
| Total | 157 | 100 | 31–85 | 57 | 58.6 | 22.9 | 77.1 |
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orderline malignancies included. ncluding mixed carcinomas, anaplastic carcinoma, malignant Brenner tumor, carcinosarcoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, squameus cell carcinoma etc.
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