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Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, 150 women undergoing endometrial biopsy between August 2021 and April 2024 were included (50 EP, 50 EC, 50 controls). RNA was extracted from FFPE tissue, converted to cDNA, and analyzed using SYBR Green-based qRT-PCR with U6 snRNA as reference. Statistical analysis included ANOVA\/Kruskal\u2013Wallis, logistic regression, and ROC analysis; p &lt; 0.05 and fold change \u2265\u00b12 were considered significant. Results: The mean age was significantly higher in EC than in EP and controls (p &lt; 0.05), with BMI also elevated (p = 0.006). UCA1 expression was upregulated in EP compared with controls (p = 0.008) but markedly downregulated in EC (p &lt; 0.0005). XIST, MALAT1, and ANRIL showed upward trends in EC without independent statistical significance. Logistic regression identified age and UCA1 as the only independent predictors. Diagnostic accuracy was high: EC vs. control AUC = 0.98; EP vs. control AUC = 0.86; EC vs. EP AUC = 0.87. Age predicted malignancy, while high UCA1 was associated with EP and low UCA1 with EC. Discussion: Age and UCA1 expression were the strongest discriminators between lesion types. UCA1\u2019s dual, context-dependent role\u2014promoting benign proliferation in EP and decreasing in EC\u2014suggests potential biomarker utility. Other lncRNAs aligned with oncogenic functions but lacked independent predictive value. 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