Characteristics and outcomes of patients with endometriosis and malignant or borderline ovarian tumors: real-world evidence from an ESGO centre of excellence
Maximilian Heinz Beck, Paul Kordowitzki, Eva Roser, Anna Trelinska-Finger, Emily Schoof, Lukas Chinczewski, Sylvia Mechsner, Jalid Sehouli · 2026
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Beck and co-authors study women treated for ovarian tumors at a major German cancer center, asking whether having endometriosis alongside the tumor changes survival. Endometriosis raises the risk of certain ovarian cancers, but whether it shapes the outcome after diagnosis was unclear. The team reviewed more than 2,100 patients treated from 2014 to 2025. About eight percent had confirmed endometriosis, split between tumors that visibly grew out of it and tumors where it was merely present.
Patients with endometriosis were younger and more often caught at an early stage. Yet after adjusting for age, stage, tumor type, and surgery results, endometriosis itself showed no independent link to survival. Stage, age, and incomplete tumor removal were what predicted death. The authors read the finding as reassuring but narrow: the company a tumor keeps matters less than how far it has spread and how cleanly it can be removed.
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| CREATOR | Maximilian Heinz Beck, Paul Kordowitzki, Eva Roser, Anna Trelinska-Finger, Emily Schoof, Lukas Chinczewski, Sylvia Mechsner, Jalid Sehouli |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |