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Published in final edited form as: Reproduction. 2016 May 10;152(3):R63–R78. doi: 10.1530/REP-16-0052

Table 4. Ovarian Cancer Types Arising from Endometriosis Transformation.

Population (# Patients EAOC/Total in Study) Ovarian Cancer Type in EAOC Age (Mean ± SD) years Reference
Quebec, BC (41/2854) Serous 19.51% Mucinous NR Clear-Cell 21.9% Endometrioid 24.4% OC 53.9 ± 11.4
EAOC 48.3 ± 10.8
(Aris 2010)
Belegrade, Serbia (23/210) Serous 3.5% Mucinous NR Clear-Cell 36.8% Endometrioid 31.6% NR (Dzatic-Smiljkovic et al. 2011)
Michigan, USA (42/184) Serous 55% Mucinous 10% Clear-Cell 21% Endometrioid 14% OC 59
EAOC 52
(Kumar et al. 2011)
Athens, Greece (17) Serous 5.9% Mucinous NRClear-Cell 58.8% Endometrioid 35.3% EAOC 58 (27-76) (Kondi-Pafiti et al. 2012)
Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (738/7911) Serous 7.1% Mucinous 6.0% Clear-Cell 20.2% Endometrioid 13.9% OC 56.1
EAOC 56.3
(Pearce et al. 2012)
Ankara, Turkey (45/1086) Serous 13.3% Mucinous 8.9% Clear-Cell 37.8% Endometrioid 33.3% EAOC 55 (35-77) (Boyraz et al. 2013)
Massachusetts, USA (67/134) Serous 0% Mucinous NR Clear-Cell 38.8% Endometrioid 61.2% OC 56.6
EAOC 51.7
(Davis et al. 2014)
Milano, Italy (27/73) Serous NR Mucinous NRClear-Cell 76.1%Endometrioid NR OC 58.4 ± 11.2
EAOC 51.4 ±10
(Scarfone et al. 2014)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (20/192) Serous 2.2% Mucinous 2.7% Clear-Cell 23% Endometrioid 50% OC 56.1 ± 14.9
EAOC 48.8 ± 11.6
(Acien et al. 2015)
Shiraz, Iran (28/110) Serous 14.5% Mucinous 0% Clear-Cell 14.5% Endometrioid 39% OC 50.18 ± 12.8
EAOC 49.93 ±9.36
(Akbarzadeh-Jahromi et al. 2015)

OC=Ovarian Cancer, EAOC=Endometriosis Associated Ovarian Cancer, NR=not reported