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Endometrial carcinoma is the most common gynecologic malignancy in North America and Europe, and the incidence is increasing in Asia. Endometrioid adenocarcinoma is the most common histologic type. Histologic grade, myometrial invasion, and nodal metastasis affect the prognosis and treatment of the disease; the depth of myometrial invasion is the single most important prognostic factor. MRI is the best imaging modality to depict the myometrial invasion of endometrial cancer.
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Hwang, S.I., Kim, S.H. (2012). Introduction. In: Kim, S. (eds) Radiology Illustrated: Gynecologic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05325-2_13
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