Foreign vs. U.S. born patients and the association of type I uterine cancer

RESULTS: Of 4834 Asian women with uterine cancer, 62% were USborn and 38% were immigrants. Of these women, 2972 (61%) had type I (grade 1 or 2, endometrioid histologic type) uterine cancer. Compared with patients with type II disease (grade 3, clear cell and serous histologic type), patients with type I disease were younger (age 55 vs 59 years; P < .01) and had lower stage disease (90% vs 71%; P< .01). US-born Asian women had a significantly higher proportion of type I uterine cancers in contrast to their immigrant counterparts (65%