Question 314 · LEK · Endometrial cancer
Select the true statement describing type II endometrial cancer:
- A. it accounts for approximately 80% of all types of endometrial cancer.
- B. it contains oestrogen and progesterone receptors.
- C. it is preceded by endometrial hyperplasia.
- D. it develops most frequently before menopause.
- E. it has an aggressive course.
Hint
Contrast oestrogen-dependent endometrioid tumours with non-endometrioid histologies such as serous and clear-cell carcinoma.
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