For years, the debate has raged over whether endometriosis itself is a cancer, or predisposes a person to cancer. The answer so far is that endometriosis is cancer-like, but is itself not a cancer.
However, people with endometriosis are slightly predisposed towards some types of cancer over those who do not have endometriosis.
- The association between endometriosis and risk of endometrial cancer and breast cancer, Dated Nov. 2022
- Genetic links between cancers and endometriosis in women, Dated Dec. 2019
- Endometriosis and endometriosis-associated cancers: new insights into the molecular mechanisms of ovarian cancer development, Dated Jan. 2018
- Chronic inflammation in endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer, Dated May 2015
- Researchers find link between endo and 3 types of ovarian cancer, Dated Feb. 2012
- Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer: A ten-year cohort study, Dated Jan. 19, 2010
- Possible link between lining of uterus, endometriosis and ovarian cancer, Dated Jan. 28, 2010
- Fact or Myth? “Endometriosis is cancerous”, Dated 2009
- Endometriosis Linked to Increased Risk for Melanoma, Dated Oct. 2007
- Age at endometriosis diagnosis is linked to breast cancer risk, Dated Apr. 2007
- Genetic evidence supports endometriosis as ovarian cancer precursor, Dated 2006
- Endometriosis Linked To Cancer Risk, Dated 2004
- Cancer risk for those diagnosed w/ benign ovarian cysts and endometriosis, Dated April, 2004
- Endometriosis cancer risk, Dated 2003
- Endometriosis at Menopause, Dated 2003
- Role of endometriosis in cancer and tumor development, Dated 2002
