Abstract
To assess the relationships between intra-abdominal fat and uterine cervical and endometrial cancer, intra-abdominal fat distribution was investigated in 39 cases of endometrial cancer and 23 cases of uterine cervical cancer using X-ray CT data. The results showed that the mean intra-abdominal fat area in the region -5cm to +5cm from the navel was significantly higher for endometrial cancer than for uterine cervical cancer. These results confirm that patients with endometrial cancer tend to have accumulation of visceral fat. In a similar study, Ogura showed that 62.6%(n=139)of Japanese patients with rectal cancer had a small secondary peak in the pelvis, named Ogura's peak, on the profile of intra-abdominal fat distribution. In comparison, only about 10% of patients with uterine cancer including cervical and endometrial cancer had this sub-peak on their profile. The results clarified that the intra-abdominal fat distribution for uterine cervical and endometrial cancer patients differ from that for rectal cancer patients, suggesting that intra-abdominal fat distribution may be useful in detecting uterine cervical and endometrial cancers.
