Risk of developing ovarian cancer among women with ovarian endometrioma: a cohort study in Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Kobayashi, H Kobayashi, Kobayashi H, Kazuhiro Sumimoto, Sumimoto K, K Sumimoto, Nobuhiko Moniwa, Moniwa N, N Moniwa, Imai M, Manami Imai, M Imai, K Takakura, Kenji Takakura, Takakura K, T Kuromaki, Kuromaki T, E Morioka, Morioka E, Emi Morioka, Arisawa K, K Arisawa, Kokichi Arisawa, Terao T, Toshihiko Terao, T Terao
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2006 · vol. 17(1) , pp. 37–43 · doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00754.x · PMID:17291229 · W2099581897
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This cohort study investigated the risk of ovarian cancer development in women diagnosed with ovarian endometrioma in Shizuoka, Japan.

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Although some studies have indicated that endometriosis may increase the risk of developing ovarian cancer, there are no data from epidemiologic studies in Japan. We prospectively analyzed all cases of ovarian endometrioma enrolled in the prefecture-wide Shizuoka Cohort Study on Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer Programme, which was initiated in 1985. To evaluate the risk of ovarian cancer by time periods subsequent to ovarian endometrioma diagnosis, a cohort of 6,398 women with a clinically documented ovarian endometrioma in Shizuoka between 1985 and 1995 was identified from the Shizuoka Cancer Registry (SCR), with follow-up through 2002. Ovarian cancer incidence among cohort members was ascertained by linkage to the SCR using a unique person-identification number. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed by a use of prefecture-wide rates of ovarian cancer, adjusted for age and calendar year. During follow-up of up to 17 years of the ovarian endometrioma cohort, 46 incident ovarian cancers were identified, yielding that the ovarian cancer risk was elevated significantly among patients with ovarian endometrioma (SIR = 8.95, 95% CI = 4.12-15.3). The SIR did not increase with increasing follow-up duration. The risk increased with increasing age at ovarian endometrioma diagnosis, with a SIR equal to 13.2 (95% CI = 6.90-20.9) in women above 50 years of age. Our findings for the first time support the hypothesis that ovarian endometrioma increases the subsequent risk of developing ovarian cancer in Shizuoka, Japan.

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Endometriosis Ovarian Neoplasms Adult Cohort Studies Endometriosis Female Humans Japan Japan Middle Aged Ovarian Neoplasms Prospective Studies Registries Risk Factors

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