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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Pathol. 2015 Sep 8;43(8):1103–1113. doi: 10.1177/0192623315599256

Table 1.

Clinicopathologic and molecular features of human endometrial carcinoma (EC) subtypes.

L ow grade Type I ECa High grade Type I ECa Type II ECa
Incidence 80–90% ~3% 10–20%
Age Pre/peri/post-menopausal Pre/peri/post-menopausal Post-menopausal
Parity Nulliparous Nulliparous Multiparous
Morphology Endometrioid Overlapping Type I & Type II features Clear/Serous cell
Background Hyperplastic Hyperplastic Atrophic
Invasion Less invasive Local invasion Infiltrative/peritoneal seeding
Behavior Stable Agressive Aggressive
Prognosis Favorable Poor (relative to Low grade Type I) Poor
ER-α expression Present Absent Absent
PR expression Present Absent Absent
TP53 mutation 10–20% Higher than Low grade 80–90%