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Diagnosis of Endometrial Carcinoma

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Endometrial carcinoma is primarily a disease of postmenopausal women. The peak incidence between 55 and 59 years of age is later than for cervical cancer. Only 2%–5% of all cases are diagnosed before the age of 40 and there is a sharp drop in the incidence after 70 years of age. Only 20%–25% of cases occur in premenopausal women (Silverberg 1975; Mattingly 1985; Aalders et al. 1980; Malkasian et al. 1980).

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Li, Sy., Wang, Ey. (1990). Diagnosis of Endometrial Carcinoma. In: Endometrial Carcinoma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74821-9_3

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