The Backgkound of Cancer of the Corpus

Association Between Climacteric Haemorrhage, Carcinoma of the Body of the Uterus and Diabetes Mellitus

“…Corscaden and Gusberg (1947) also found evidence for a late cessation of the menses in patients who develop carcinoma of the body of the uterus. Corscaden and Gusberg (1947) also found evidence for a late cessation of the menses in patients who develop carcinoma of the body of the uterus.…”

“…EVIDENCE has been adduced to show that excessive bleeding during the climacteric and a late menopause may be prodromal symptoms of carcinoma of the body of the uterus (Randall, 1945; Corscaden and Gusberg, 1947). Suggestions have been made that overactivity of the anterior pituitary may lead to different manifestations including fibroids, diabetes mellitus and carcinoma of the body of the uterus (Way, 1954).…”

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix: An Enquiry Into Predisposing Factors, With Special Reference to Earlier Diagnosis

“…Stocks (1947) has shown from Registrar-General's data a distinct social class gradient in mortality from uterine cancer (predominantly of cervical origin). Corscaden and Gusberg (1947), Hall, Pepe and Tortora (1950), Clemmesen and Nielsen (1951) and Magner and Kearney (1954) have also pointed out that cervical carcinoma preponderates in hospital patients and corporeal cancer in those from the higher social classes. Lombard and Potter (1950) noted that among private patients cancer of the cervix accounted for 4.3 per cent of all cancers and 27.6 per cent of all female genital cancers; for hospital class patients the corresponding figures were 17.6 and 60-7 per cent.…”