Uterus Cancer

A type of cancer that begins in the uterus.

Most uterine cancer begins in the layer of cells that form the lining (endometrium) of the uterus. Risk factors include being overweight and starting periods at an early age.

Symptoms include vaginal bleeding after menopause and bleeding between periods.

Surgery to remove the uterus is the main treatment for most women with uterine cancer. Advanced cases may need chemotherapy or radiation.

being postmenopausal, or reaching menopause (after age 55)
a thickened wall lining (endometrial hyperplasia)
never having children.
starting periods early (before age 12)
having high blood pressure or diabetes.
being overweight or obese.
family history of ovarian, uterine, or bowel cancer.

Keeping a healthy weight and being physically active may lower your chance of getting uterine cancer. Using birth control pills. Maintaining a healthy weight and being physically active. Taking progesterone, if you are taking estrogen.

How to Detect?
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If you have symptoms, your doctor may perform an endometrial biopsy or a transvaginal ultrasound. These tests can be used to help diagnose or rule out uterine cancer. Your doctor may do this test in his or her office, or may refer you to another doctor.

Treatments include Treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation. Surgery: Doctors remove cancer tissue in an operation. Radiation: Using high-energy rays (similar to X-rays) to kill the cancer. Chemotherapy: Using special medicines to shrink or kill the cancer.. Surgery: Doctors remove cancer tissue in an operation. Radiation: Using high-energy rays (similar to X-rays) to kill the cancer. Chemotherapy: Using special medicines to shrink or kill the cancer.

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How is uterine cancer diagnosed?

Cancers of the uterus are not typically detected by a Pap test. For this reason, an endometrial tissue sample must be removed and examined under a microscope to look for cancer cells and procedures to diagnose cancers of the uterus include:

Pelvic examination
Biopsy
Ultrasound
Hysteroscopy and many more.

How can I reduce my risk for uterine cancer?

Research has shown that certain factors may help lower the risk of uterine cancer, including:

Maintaining a healthy weight
Taking birth control pills, especially over a long period of time
Regularly monitoring blood sugar levels if you are diabetic.

Why does obesity increase the risk for cancer of the uterus?

Fat tissue may change some hormones into estrogen. Being obese and having excess fat tissue may increase a woman's estrogen levels, which raises her endometrial cancer risk. Endometrial cancer is twice as common in overweight women as in women who maintain a healthy weight, and the disease is more than three times as common in obese women. Obese women who experience early menopause may be at an even greater risk.

How will uterine cancer affect my fertility?

Uterine cancer treatment may affect your ability to conceive. The uterus, also called the womb, is a critical component of a woman’s reproductive system and houses the growing fetus during pregnancy. Sometimes the ovaries are removed as part of uterine cancer treatment. Ovarian cortex cryopreservation may be an option for women of childbearing age who want to get pregnant via a surrogate after treatment.