Endometriosis tied to fourfold higher ovarian cancer risk in study of almost 500,000 women
Women with severe endometriosis could benefit from targeted screening, researchers say.
Endometriosis is linked to a more than fourfold higher risk of ovarian cancer, suggests a US population-based study of nearly half a million women.
Researchers identified an even higher cancer risk, almost 10-fold, in women with more severe disease subtypes, such as deep infiltrating endometriosis and ovarian endometriomas.
