• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Knowledge of Endometrial Cancer Risk Factors in a General Gynecologic Population
  • Beteiligte: Washington, Christina R.; Haggerty, Ashley; Ronner, Wanda; Neff, Pamela M.; Ko, Emily M.
  • Erschienen: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020
  • Erschienen in: Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1097/ogx.0000000000000843
  • ISSN: 1533-9866; 0029-7828
  • Schlagwörter: Obstetrics and Gynecology ; General Medicine
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>(Abstracted from <jats:italic toggle="yes">Gynecol Oncol</jats:italic> 2020;158:137–142)</jats:p> <jats:p>Obesity is a preventable condition that is associated with heart disease, diabetes, certain types of cancer, and innumerable other conditions causing significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite that type 1 endometrial cancer (EC) was the first cancer to be associated with obesity, many women are unaware of the evidence-based association between obesity and EC.</jats:p>