Health Care : Current Reviews

Assessment of factors contributing to endometrial cancer in the UAE

3^rd Indo-Global Summit & Expo on Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 New Delhi, India

Satish Chandrasekhar Nair2, Mussarrat Ammad1, Ghazna Siddiqui1 and Karim Elmasry1

Mafraq Hospital, UAE Tawam Hospital, UAE

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the commonest cancers in women worldwide. The incidence of EC cancer is rising in US, Europe and other parts of the world in the last few decades. It has close relationship with obesity as indicated by substantial body of epidemiological evidence. Obesity now contributes as much as smoking to overall cancer deaths. In retrospective series of premenopausal endometrial cancer patient, obesity and null parity were the strongest risk factors for development of cancer. UAE stands fourth globally in highest obesity ratio among women at 39% and constantly is on the rise. According to the National Diabetes Survey more than 25 percent of United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals have diabetes of one form or another. In 2008 another study showed that 70% of UAE population is at risk of developing diabetes obese women have 2-4 times greater risk of developing Endometrial Cancer (EC) regardless of menopausal status. Body mass index and other measures of obesity are positively associated with both diabetes and EC. Diabetes has been associated with increased risk of endometrial cancer independent of obesity. Women with known diabetes have 3-fold increased risk of endometrial cancer. Unfortunately, the incidence of endometrial cancer among UAE population is unknown. The population is especially at increased genetic and environmental risk of developing diabetes. In view of high prevalence of diabetes and obesity, native women are at increased statistical risk of developing endometrial cancer. The association of obesity and diabetes with endometrial cancer in UAE population is not studied. This study has identified several positive and negative modulator/contributor factors for endometrial cancer in woman

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Email: schandra@tawamhospital.ae