Data published in Cell Reports Medicine showed that endometriosis was genetically linked to ovarian cancer.
Specifically, the researchers found that endometriosis had a strong and causal relationship with two types of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC): clear cell (CCOC) and endometrioid (ENOC). There was also a slightly weaker relationship with high-grade serous ovarian cancer.
Healio spoke with Sally Mortlock, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Queensland Institute for Molecular Bioscience in Brisbane, Australia, to learn more about the findings and their implications for the