The authors consider the distribution of the phenotypes of ABO system in a group of 115 patients with histologically diagnosed endometrial adenocarcinoma and in a random semple of the population. The above group is combined with a larger one taken from the literature in the search for phenotypical correlations. Women of blood group A show a greater susceptibility to this form of cancer than O group women.
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