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Conditions That Have Symptoms Similar to Uterine Cancer
Women's Cancer Network — Some women get noncancerous tumors in the endometrial muscle. These are called fibroid tumors or leiomyomas. They cause symptoms that include unusual vaginal bleeding and the urge to urinate often. These tumors are not cancer and are very common. ...More…
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Can I Survive Uterine Cancer?
Women's Cancer Network — Survival rates are based on large groups of women. They cannot be used to predict what will happen to a particular woman. No 2 women are exactly alike, and treatment and responses to treatment vary greatly. How well treatment works for women with ...More…
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Ease The Side Effects of Treatment for Uterine Cancer
Women's Cancer Network — It's likely that you will have physical concerns. After all, the cancer may cause symptoms and your treatment may cause side effects. What you notice depends on your treatment, and that depends on how much the cancer has spread from your uterus. ...More…
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Follow-Up Care After Uterine Cancer
Women's Cancer Network — Many women find that having had cancer permanently changes their life in a deep and meaningful way. And some women may feel that their life may never be the same as it was before they were told they had cancer. Getting back to a normal life is ...More…
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Tests That Help Evaluate Uterine Cancer
Women's Cancer Network — Before your diagnosis, your doctor took a biopsy from your uterus to help find out if you had uterine cancer. It's likely that your doctor has suggested that you have your uterus removed. If so, samples taken from your uterus after it is removed ...More…
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Uterine Cancer
Washington University St Louis — Uterine cancer (also called endometrial cancer) is one of the most common cancers in women. But there are steps women can take to help protect themselves. To estimate your risk of uterine cancer and learn about ways to lower that risk, take a few ...More…
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Surgery Alone May Be Best for Early Endometrial Cancer
National Cancer Institute — Most uterine cancers are diagnosed at an early stage, while still confined to the body of the uterus. In addition to surgery to remove the uterus and ovaries, some doctors perform lymphadenectomy (lymph node removal), external-beam radiation ...More…
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Advances in Treatment of Uterine Sarcoma
Women's Cancer Network — Uterine sarcomas present challenges for many patients. Even at an early stage, many of these cancers can return at a later point (recur). Compared to endometrial cancer (a cancer arising from the lining surface of the uterus), women with uterine ...More…
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Advances in Treatment for Endometrial Cancer
Women's Cancer Network — Research studies show continual progress in finding new ways to treat endometrial cancer. This should give hope to all affected women and their families. There was a recent study by the national Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). The study ...More…
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Advances in Diagnosis and Staging for Endometrial Cancer
Women's Cancer Network — It's important to identify women at risk. Then, they can get the best possible treatment starting when cancer is first suspected. A recent study focused on determining risk of endometrial cancer. It involved women who had a uterine biopsy that ...More…
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Regular exams.
Women's Cancer Network — If you don't have cancer, you may feel relief. However, your doctor may have noticed changes in your uterus that are not normal. The most common change is called endometrial hyperplasia. This means that the lining of your uterus, called the ...More…
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Can I Survive Uterine Sarcoma?
Women's Cancer Network — How well treatment works for women with uterine sarcoma depends on the type, grade, and stage of cancer. Uterine sarcoma can be difficult to treat. This is because it may not be found until after it has already begun to spread. Unfortunately, ...More…