TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Endometrial Hyperplasia and Cancer A1 - Iglesias, David A. A1 - Huang, Marilyn A1 - Soliman, Pamela T. A1 - Djordjevic, Bojana A1 - Lu, Karen H. A2 - Karlan, Beth Y. A2 - Bristow, Robert E. A2 - Li, Andrew J. PY - 2015 T2 - Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas AB - Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in the United States. Women have an overall lifetime risk of 2.5% of developing endometrial cancer. Fortunately, the majority of endometrial present at early stages with postmenopausal bleeding. Although obesity and estrogen excess remain the strongest risk factors for this disease, Lynch syndrome comprises the majority of inherited endometrial cancer cases; affected women have a 40% to 60% predicted lifetime risk of developing endometrial cancer. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106570250 ER -