Cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality among women with a history of endometrial cancer

S H Wild; J R Bryden; R J Lee; J L Bishop; A R Finlayson; C D Byrne; D H Brewster

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603761

Cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality among women with a history of endometrial cancer

Br J Cancer. 2007 Jun 4;96(11):1747-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603761. Epub 2007 Apr 24.

Authors

S H Wild¹, J R Bryden, R J Lee, J L Bishop, A R Finlayson, C D Byrne, D H Brewster

Affiliation

¹ Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Sarah.wild@ed.ac.uk

Abstract

Among 7182 women with endometrial cancer in Scotland, standardised mortality ratios (and 95% confidence intervals (CI)) were 6.38 (5.74-7.15) for all cancers and 1.10 (1.00-1.22) for circulatory diseases as underlying cause of death and 2.81 (2.19-3.70) for diabetes as underlying/contributory cause of death.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Endometrioid / complications*
Cardiovascular Diseases / complications
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Cause of Death
Comorbidity
Diabetes Complications / mortality
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / mortality*
Endometrial Neoplasms / complications*
Female
Humans
Medical History Taking
Neoplasms / complications
Neoplasms / mortality*
Scotland / epidemiology