Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qurrat-ul-ain Abid, M.D.[2]; Ammu Susheela, M.D. [3]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma are obesity and post menopausal women on hormone replacement therapy and genetic predilection.
Risk Factors
- Obesity
- Post menopausal women on hormone replacement therapy[1]
- Perimenopausal or post-menopausal state[2]
- Smoking
- KRAS mutation
References
- ↑ Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma Fibroma of Ovary.Dovemed (2016). http://www.dovemed.com/diseases-conditions/mucinous-cystadenocarcinoma-fibroma-ovary/ Accessed on February 29, 2016
- ↑ Lee KR, Scully RE (November 2000). "Mucinous tumors of the ovary: a clinicopathologic study of 196 borderline tumors (of intestinal type) and carcinomas, including an evaluation of 11 cases with 'pseudomyxoma peritonei'". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 24 (11): 1447–64. PMID 11075847.