Risk factors and treatment of endometrial carcinoma

ABSTRACT

A twelve-year retrospective study of 54 consecutive cases of endometial carcinoma revealed that post-menopausal bleeding was the commonest symptom, and the major associated risk factors were obesity and hypertension. Panhysterectomy was the corner-stone of treatment while adjunctive therapy was based on certain prognostic factors and the operator's preference (AU)