Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Endometrial Cancer in Northwestern Iran, Urmia: A Ten-Year Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Background: endometrial cancer is the most frequent genital cancer in women  in the developing nation. The purpose of this study was to investigate on  the demographic and clinical aspects of endometrial cancer, or to explain its epidemiology in patients admitted to Urmia's Kosar Hospital. Methods: From 2006 to 2016, the medical records of 179 hospitalized women with an initial diagnosis of endometrial cancer were analyzed in this cross-sectional research. The patients’ clinical and demographic information, including age, menstrual age, first visit reason, number of deliveries, menstrual pattern, history of previous disease in patients and their relatives, disease stage, clinical parameters (including WBC, Hb, and MCV), pathology type, and the presence or absence of metastasis was extracted from their medical records and analyzed. Results: The patients in our research had a mean age of more than 50 years. Nearly 80% of the patients were menopausal, and approximately 90% of the patients presented with bleeding complaints. Patients with endometrioid type adenocarcinoma had the highest frequency of pathology. Conclusion: Our findings show a high proportion of bleeding complaints among the patients evaluated, which might reflect the importance of this finding and help to guide the disease’s diagnosis and therapy. However, further research is needed to establish the epidemiology of this condition in the country.