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Can adenomyosis turn into cancer?
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Rarely: Adenomyosis is mis-placed endometrial lining glands into the wall of the uterus (into the muscle). It is uncommon for these misplaced glands to become malignant, but it does happen. More often, it is the surface glands that undergone malignant transformation, and then grow down and into the areas of adenomyosis. At your age, this would be exceptionally rare.
Answered 5/23/2015
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Adenomyosis: No, adenomyosis does not "turn into" cancer. Endometrial cancer is an entirely different process. If you have endometrial cancer, it can grow downward to "involve" adenomyosis, but the adenomyosis does not cause cancer. There is NO known risk to develop endometrial cancer if you have adenomyosis.
Answered 8/14/2019
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