For years, the debate has raged over whether endometriosis is a cancer or predisposes a woman to cancer. The answer so far is that endometriosis is cancer-like, but is itself not a cancer, and that women with endometriosis may be slightly predisposed towards some types of cancer over women who do not have endometriosis.
- Endometriosis Linked to Increased Risk for Melanoma, Dated Oct. 2007
- Age at endometriosis diagnosis is linked to breast cancer risk, Dated Apr. 2007
- Fact or Myth? “Endometriosis is cancerous”, Dated 2009
- Genetic evidence supports endometriosis as ovarian cancer precursor, Dated 2006
- Endometriosis Linked To Cancer Risk, Dated 2004
- Endometriosis cancer risk, Dated 2003
- Role of endometriosis in cancer and tumor development, Dated 2002
