Role of body mass index as a risk and prognostic factor of endometrioid uterine cancer in Korean women

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Jeong, Nan Hee ^a   Lee, Jong Min ^a   Lee, Jae Kwan ^b   Kim, Jae Weon ^c   Cho, Chi Heum ^d   Kim, Seok Mo ^e   Seo, Sang Soo ^f   Park, Chan Yong ^g   Kim, Ki Tae ^h   Lee, Juneyoung ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^e Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^f National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^g Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Endometrioid; Prognosis; Risk; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953289820     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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