Table 2 |
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Prevalence and incidence of endometriosis (ENDO), ovarian cancer (OC) and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC), according to our data and literature |
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| Our data |
Literature |
References |
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| Prevalence of ENDO |
10.7% |
10% |
Wheeler et al. 1989 |
| Prevalence of EAOC |
0.11% |
0.09% |
Wheeler et al. 1989; Van Gorp et al. 2004 |
| Risk of malignant transformation in ENDO |
1.63% |
0.7-4.5% |
Kobayashi et al. 2009; Van Gorp et al. 2004 |
| ENDO among OC cases |
14.0% |
- |
- |
| Incidence of OC |
24.2† |
13.2 |
Kobayashi et al. 2009 |
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†Incidence of OC = 24.2/100 000 | |||
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