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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2014 Apr 25;7(7):686–697. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-13-0359

Table 1.

Clinicopathologic features of sporadic and probable Lynch Syndrome-associated endometrial cancers.

Clinical Features Sporadic EC1
N (%)
PLS EC2
N (%)
p -value

Median Age at Diagnosis (yrs)
Range
61 (18–92) 61 (42–87)

Age (yrs)
 < 50 52 (14.2) 10 (23.3) 0.12
 ≥ 50 313 (85.8) 33 (76.7)

BMI (kg/m2)
 < 30 121 (33.2) 17 (39.5) 0.41
 ≥ 30 243 (66.8) 26 (60.5)

History of Diabetes
 Y 89 (24.4) 9 (20.9) 0.62
 N 276 (75.6) 34 (79.1)

History of Hypertension
 Y 201 (55.1) 18 (41.9) 0.10
 N 164 (44.9) 25 (58.1)

3 Family History of EC
 Y 35 (9.8) 4 (9.8) > 0.99
 N 323 (90.2) 37 (90.2)

3 Family History of CRC4
 Y 58 (16.2) 8 (19.0) 0.63
 N 301 (83.8) 34 (81.)

Family History of CRC or EC
 Y 87 (24.2) 12 (28.6) 0.54
 N 272 (75.8) 30 (71.4)
Pathologic Features Sporadic EC
N (%)
PLS EC
N (%)
p -value

Histology
 Endometrioid 299 (81.9) 37 (86.0) 0.67
 Non-endometrioid 66 (18.1) 6 (14.0)

FIGO5 Stage
 I & II 289 (79.2) 37 (86.0) 0.42
 III & IV 76 (20.8) 6 (14.0)

FIGO Grade
 1 & 2 267 (73.2) 32 (74.4) 0.86
 3 98 (26.8) 11 (25.6)

Depth of myometrial invasion
 < 50% 257 (70.4) 32 (74.4) 0.58
 ≥ 50% 108 (29.6) 11 (25.6)

Tumor Location
 Corpus 357 (97.8) 38 (88.4) 0.007
 Lower uterine segment 8 (2.2) 5 (11.6)

Largest gross tumor dimension (cm)
 Mean ± Standard Deviation 4.3 ± 3.2 3.6 ± 2.9 0.13
 Median (range)6 4 (0–25) 3.5 (0–13)
1

EC; Endometrial Cancer

2

PLS EC; Probable Lynch Syndrome-associated endometrial cancer

3

Family history of EC or CRC; patient has a first- or second-degree relative with a diagnosis of endometrial cancer or colorectal cancer

4

CRC; Colorectal cancer

5

FIGO; International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

6

Some tumors were not apparent grossly, but were identified by microscopic examination of the entire endometrium. These tumors were designated with a largest gross tumor dimension of 0.