Estrogen dominance is responsible for the majority of breast cancers and is the only known cause
of endometrial cancer in women.
«In this study, an inverse association was observed between the risk
of endometrial cancer for women with an MMR gene mutation and later age of menarche, increased parity, and use of hormonal contraceptives.
The findings reveal that every 5 years of oral contraceptive use reduces the risk
of endometrial cancer by about a quarter.
Between 2 percent and 5
percent of all endometrial cancer cases are associated with a hereditary susceptibility to cancer, mainly Lynch syndrome, which is caused by a germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes.
Moreover, analysis of HAND2 methylation in endometrial secretions collected from women with postmenopausal bleeding (which can be a
symptom of endometrial cancer) accurately identified individuals with early stage cancer.
«We hoped,» says Klonisch, «that researchers could use them to gain novel insights into important aspects of reproductive biology and the
evolution of endometrial cancer.»
These results suggest that the amount of hormones in the lower - dose pills is still sufficient to reduce the
incidence of endometrial cancer, say the authors.
With a complete analysis of the study's findings, investigators have identified four novel genomic - based
subtypes of endometrial cancer, which may set the stage for new diagnostic and treatment approaches.
We also observed a reduction of 26 % in the risk
of endometrial cancer among coffee drinkers, compared with nondrinkers, and of > 30 % among heavy coffee drinkers.
The researchers found that later age at menarche (first menstrual cycle, age 13 or older), parity (has had one or more live births), and hormonal contraceptive use (for one year or longer) were associated with a lower
risk of endometrial cancer.
Researchers from the Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies on Endometrial Cancer estimate that in the past 50 years (1965 - 2014) about 400000
cases of endometrial cancer have been prevented by oral contraceptive use in high - income countries, including about 200000 in the last decade (2005 - 2014).
Tumor - targeting nanoparticles loaded with a drug that makes cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy's toxicity could be used to treat an aggressive and often deadly
form of endometrial cancer, according to new research...
On the other hand, female - specific conditions attributable to overweight include infertility, an increased incidence of breast cancer, and higher
rates of endometrial cancer.
By contrast, in more than 90 %
of endometrial cancers, the gene has undergone hypermethylation, an epigenetic modification that doesn't change its DNA sequence but renders it inactive.
«Estimating from various studies that looked at increasing BMI and endometrial cancer risk, a woman with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 would have approximately eight times greater risk
of endometrial cancer than someone with a BMI of 25,» said first author Kristy Ward, MD, the senior gynecologic oncology fellow in the Department of Reproductive Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
«Further work is needed to define the role of bariatric surgery in cancer care and prevention, but we know that women with endometrial cancer are more likely to die of cardiovascular causes than they are
of endometrial cancer.
While not all people with Lynch syndrome will develop cancer, a person who has the mutation is more likely to get certain types of cancer, including an 80 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer and a 60 percent higher risk
of endometrial cancer.
That can be especially risky when a woman takes estrogen without enough progesterone, an imbalance that puts women at increased risk
of endometrial cancer.
«Association between genetic condition, hormonal factors, and risk
of endometrial cancer.»
For women with Lynch syndrome, an association was found between the risk
of endometrial cancer and the age of first menstrual cycle, having given birth, and hormonal contraceptive use, according to a study in the July 7 issue of JAMA.
According to study author Dr Naomi Allen, also from the University of Oxford, UK, «The existing evidence suggests that medium - to - long - term use of oral contraceptives (ie, for 5 years or longer) results in substantially reduced risk
of endometrial cancer.
In a pilot study, the «PapGene» test accurately detected 100 percent (24 of 24)
of endometrial cancers and 41 percent (9 of 22) ovarian cancers.
Having too much estrogen for an extended period of time increases your risk
of endometrial cancer.
The first Premarin scare in the 70s, where it was noted that women who were on Premarin had a higher risk
of endometrial cancer, was the first time that Premarin fell off the stage as the panacea for everything.
In addition, tamoxifen increases the risk
of endometrial cancer and blood clots, including fatal blood clots in the lung.
Available since FDA approval in 1942, Premarin has caused an estimated 15,000 cases
of endometrial cancer, representing the largest epidemic of serious iatrogenic disease ever reported.
Because obesity is known to increase a woman's risk
of endometrial cancer by 200 percent, a team of researchers led by oncologist Leena Hilakivi - Clarke of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., decided to examine the development of endometrial cancer in obese mice to that in non-obese mice.
A report published today (Sept. 21) in the journal Cancer Prevention Research demonstrates that, in the case
of endometrial cancer, it could help to focus on specific subgroups in the population.