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Endometrial cancer develops when the cells that make up the inner lining of the uterus(the endometrium) become abnormal and grow uncontrollably.Endometrial cancer(also called uterine cancer) is the fourth most common type of cancer among women and...
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Endometrial cancer is cancer that starts in the endometrium, the lining of the uterus(womb).Endometrial/uterine adenocarcinoma; Uterine cancer; Adenocarcinoma of the endometrium/uterus; Cancer- uterine; Cancer- endometrial; Uterine corpus cancer.E...
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Cancer on the lining of your uterus can be difficult to detect. Therefore, you need to know the early warning signs.
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Detailed information on endometrial cancer, including symptoms, prevention, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment
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Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of endometrial cancer.The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, a hollow, muscular organ in a woman's pelvis. The uterus is where a fetus grows. In most nonpregnant women, the uterus is about 3 inches long. The lower, narrow end of the uterus is the cervix, which leads to the vagina.
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Stage is the word doctors use to describe where the tumor is and how far the cancer has spread. Doctors use stages to describe what was found in and around the uterus during surgery. So the stage of endometrial cancer may not be decided until after your uterus is removed.
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Cancer happens when cells in your body go through changes that make them grow out of control. Endometrial carcinoma is a kind of cancer that begins in your uterus. Only women have a uterus, so only women can get this kind of cancer.
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The innner lining is the most common place in the uterus for cancer to begin. Cancer can interfere with the working of the uterus and may invade nearby organs. Endometrial cancer may also spread to other parts of the body. This spread is called metastasis. The more cancer spreads, the harder it is to treat.
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Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat endometrial cancer. They may also try new combinations of older treatments. Researchers also look back at health records to find patterns of the treatments that seemed to work best. Here are some recent advances.
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Some people use statistics to try to figure out their chance of getting cancer or being cured of it. But statistics only show what happens to large groups of people. Because no 2 women are like, you cannot use statistics to predict what might happen to you.
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There is really no way to know for sure if you're going to get endometrial cancer. Certain factors can make you more likely to get this cancer than another woman. These are your risk factors. However, just because you have one or more risk factors does not necessarily mean you will get endometrial cancer. In fact, you can have all the risk factors and still not get it. Or you can have no known risk factors and still get it.
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There are no screening tests for endometrial cancer that are recommended for women who don't have symptoms or a hereditary risk for the cancer. Having a yearly pelvic exam and any other exams and tests suggested by your doctor are good ways to check your overall reproductive health. However, they are not as helpful at finding endometrial cancer early.
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Finding endometrial cancer in an early stage makes it easier to treat. These are the symptoms that you may notice.
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Expert-reviewed information summary about tests used to detect or screen for endometrial cancer.
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Expert-reviewed information summary about factors that may influence the risk of developing endometrial cancer and about research aimed at the prevention of this disease.
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Estrogen and progesterone are the 2 main types of female hormones. When you have endometrial cancer, there is usually too much estrogen in your uterus. The cancer cells use the extra estrogen to grow out of control. With hormone therapy, you may take a progesteronelike medication. Its goal is to help counter the effects of estrogen. Your gynecologic oncologist will prescribe the kind of hormone you should take.
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On the day of your surgery, an anesthesiologist or a nurse anesthetist will give you medication to put you to sleep. The anesthesia also ensures that you won't feel pain during the surgery. The anesthetist or anesthesiologist monitors you during the surgery to be sure you stay healthy and comfortable.
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Endometrial cancer develops when the cells that make up the inner lining of the uterus(the endometrium) become abnormal and grow uncontrollably.Endometrial cancer(also called uterine cancer) is the fourth most common type of cancer among women and...
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Ovarian cancer is cancer of the ovaries, the egg-releasing and hormone-producing organs of the female reproductive tract. Cancerous, or malignant, cells divide and multiply in an abnormal fashion.The ovaries are small, almond-shaped organs, locate...
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Ovarian cancer is cancer that starts in the ovaries. The ovaries are the female reproductive organs that produce eggs.Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women, and it causes more deaths than any other type of female reproductive ...
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Ovarian cancer begins in a woman's ovaries. This type of cancer causes more deaths per year than any other cancer of the female reproductive system.
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Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of ovarian epithelial cancer.
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Ovarian cancer is cancer of the ovaries, the eggreleasing and hormone-producing organs of the female reproductive tract. Cancerous, or malignant, cells divide and multiply in an abnormal fashion.The ovaries are small, almond-shaped organs, located...
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Detailed information on ovarian cancer, including symptoms, risk factors, cause, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
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Ovarian cancer is a disease in which the cells in the ovaries become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Ninety percent of all ovarian cancers develop in the cells that line the surface of the ovaries and are called"epitheli...
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Ovarian cancer is a disease in which the cells in the ovaries become abnormal, start to grow uncontrollably, and form tumors. Ninety percent of all ovarian cancers.
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More than 6 million couples in America each year cannot conceive a child, estimates the National Center for Health Statistics. To improve their chances of becoming pregnant, millions of women turn to fertility drugs. However, some studies have suggested that fertility drugs may promote ovarian cancer. What do experts think of this concern? If you are one of these women, what should you be aware of?
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Ovarian cancer is cancer that begins in your ovaries. Only women have ovaries, so only women get this kind of cancer.
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Ovarian cancer affects 12 out of every 1,000 women in the United States over the age of forty, and only two or three of these women will ultimately be cured of their disease. The average age of onset is sixty-four.
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Detailed information on the genetics of ovarian cancer, including hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, ovarian cancer and hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, and basal cell nevus syndrome (Gorlin syndrome)
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Many women may live with ovarian cancer for many years. That's why it's important to stay as physically and emotionally well as possible, says Ursula Matulonis, MD, Medical Director of Gynecological Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
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There is really no way to know for sure if you're going to get ovarian cancer. Certain factors can make you more likely to get it than another woman. These are called risk factors. However, just because you have one or more risk factors doesn't necessarily mean you will get ovarian cancer. In fact, you can have all the risk factors and still not get ovarian cancer, or you can have no known risk factors and still get it.
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Screening tests check for signs of cancer in people who don't have any symptoms. With the current screening methods available, mass screening of women for ovarian cancer is not recommended at this time. Why? Because current screening tests are not accurate enough to find ovarian cancer in most women. Still, you should see your doctor on a regular basis to get a pelvic exam as often as your doctor suggests.
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Ovarian cancer often causes vague symptoms. When a doctor diagnoses ovarian cancer, the cancer may have spread outside the ovaries. Then, it's harder to treat. These are the symptoms that occur when they do develop.
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This section focuses on treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer. Other types of ovarian cancer are rare. The type of treatment you have depends on how the cancer has spread. Cancer may be confined to the ovary or spread only to spots nearby. If so, it is called local or early-stage cancer. If the cancer has spread to other places in the body, it's called metastasis or advanced ovarian cancer.
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Most women who develop ovarian cancer are past childbearing age, but some women are not. If you have ovarian cancer and still wish to have children, there are some important facts you should know.
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Detailed information on hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC), an autosomal dominant cancer genetic syndrome
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Expert-reviewed information summary about tests used to detect or screen for ovarian cancer.
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Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about ovarian cancer. Q: What are the ovaries?
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Radiation treatment is also called radiotherapy. It is high-energy radiation that kills or shrinks cancer cells. In the past, doctors used radiation as a main treatment for ovarian cancer. Today doctors rarely use it. If they do, they combine it with other types of treatment. You may have it if you have already undergone treatment, but the cancer has come back. In most cases, its main goal is to control symptoms, not to treat the cancer.
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About 1 to 4 weeks after your surgery to remove ovarian tumors, you will likely begin chemotherapy. You'll have it for about 6 months. How often you receive treatment will depend on the type of chemotherapy you receive. This depends on the size of the tumor and whether it is likely to spread quickly. You may have it every day, every week, every few weeks, or even once a month.
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There are different types of surgery for ovarian cancer. The type of surgery you have depends mainly on these factors.
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Most ovarian cancers do not cause symptoms. If you have any or if your doctor found a mass during a routine pelvic exam, he or she is likely to ask questions about these things.
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Some people use statistical reports to try to figure out their chance of getting cancer. Or they use them to try to figure out their chance of being cured. Statistics show what happens with large groups of people. Because no two people are alike, you can't use statistics to know or predict what will happen to you.
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The first place cancer is found in the body is called the primary site or primary tumor. How cancer grows and spreads is its pathophysiology. If cancer spreads from the ovary, it often first goes into the nearby lymph nodes, the uterus, or the vagina. It can, however, spread to these places.
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It's likely that you will have physical concerns since your cancer may cause symptoms and your treatment may cause side effects. The side effects depend on your treatment, and that depends, in part, on how much the cancer has spread from your ovary. In this section, you'll learn more about how to respond to some of the most common symptoms and side effects of treatment for ovarian cancer.
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Researchers have identified four symptoms that are more likely to occur in women who develop ovarian cancer. Women who experience one or more of these symptoms for more than a few weeks should get a pelvic exam.
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Ovarian cancer is a disease in which the cells in the ovaries become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. Ninety percent of all ovarian cancers develop in the cells that line the surface of the ovaries and are called"epitheli...
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I'm 51 and in menopause. What degree of protection from ovarian cancer would a prophylactic oophorectomy provide? My mother contracted ovarian cancer at 62, already in stage IIIc, and died one year later. Is there still a risk of developing ovarian cancer?
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What test should be done to detect ovarian cancer?
Joan Bengtson, M.D., is assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproduction at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors.In the United States, cervical cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women aged 35-54, and the third most common ...
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Cervical cancer is cancer that starts in the cervix, the lower part of the uterus(womb) that opens at the top of the vagina. .Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common type of cancer in women. It is much les...
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Detailed information on cervical cancer, including precancerous conditions of the cervix, risk factors, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of cervical cancer.The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a fetus grows). The cervix leads from the uterus to the vagina (birth canal).
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Screening tests check for signs of cancer in people who don't have any symptoms. Screening for cervical cancer has been very successful. That's why experts recommend mass screening for cervical cancer.
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Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors.In the United States, cervical cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women aged 35–54, and the third most c...
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Pap tests can discover changes in the cervix before they become cancerous. The chance of being cured is higher when doctors find the cancer in its early stages before it has spread.
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By: Debra Sickles My name is Debra and I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I underwent a radical hysterectomy at the age of 37. My purpose for writing this story is to reach out to all women around the globe so that they will have a better understanding of meeting with their OBGYN on a yearly basis, as I do not feel there is enough emphasis placed on this disease.
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Invasive cervical cancer affects nearly 12,800 women in the United States annually, and in approximately 5,000 of these women the disease will be fatal. The incidence of cervical cancer is bimodal, with two peaks occurring between thirty-five year...
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Expert-reviewed information summary about tests used to detect or screen for cervical cancer.
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Some people use numbers called statistics to figure out their chances of getting cancer. Or they use them to try to figure out their chance of being cured. Statistics show what happens with large groups of people. But statistics can't be used to know or predict what will happen to a particular person. That's because no two people are alike.
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One important way to reduce your risk is by getting regular Pap tests. Another is doing what you can to prevent high-risk HPV.
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Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer because you can control the risk factors. A screening test is available, as is a vaccine for girls and young women.
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Women with precancerous lesions in their cervix usually have no symptoms. A woman usually does not have any symptoms until the cells turn into cancer and invade the deepest parts of the cervix or other pelvic organs. That is why it is important that you have a regular Pap test. This test checks for cells that are cancer or precancer.
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Your doctor may recommend a specific treatment. Or, he or she may offer you a choice of which one you'd like to follow. But in most cases, surgery or radiation will be needed. Discuss with your doctor and other healthcare professionals any questions and concerns you have about your treatment options. Ask how successful the treatment is expected to be, and what its risks and side effects may be. Take the time you need to make the best decision for you.
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Many women don't have symptoms of cervical cancer. Sometimes your doctor may first see signs of cancer during a pelvic exam or a Pap test.
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If you have radiation therapy, you'll see a doctor called a radiation oncologist. This doctor sets the treatment plan. The plan details the kind of radiation therapy you'll have and how long the treatment will last.
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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. You may take these drugs by mouth, as an injection into your body, or both ways.
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When a woman has surgery for cervical cancer, the doctor will try to remove the tumor and not leave any cancer cells behind. The surgeon is the most appropriate doctor to determine whether a tumor can be safely removed. Surgical treatment of cervical cancer depends on many things. Precancerous changes are treated differently than invasive cancer. Precancerous changes are also called dysplasia or carcinoma in situ. These types of changes are only in the surface layers of the cervix. They have not invaded deeper tissues. Invasive cancer has reached beyond the surface of the cervix.
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Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about cervical cancer. Q: What is cancer of the cervix?
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Expert-reviewed information summary about factors that may increase the risk of developing cervical cancer and about approaches that may help in the prevention of this disease.
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The side effects of cervical cancer therapy are different for everyone. They depend on these things.
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A Harvard Medical School physician answers your question about the development of vaccines that could potentially prevent cervical cancer.
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Studies of the cervical cancer vaccine found that it was most effective when given before the start of sexual activity, but the benefits and risks of the vaccine over time are still not fully known.
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A vaccine aims to prevent cervical cancer by fighting the strains of human papillomavirus that cause it. The CDC recommends the vaccine be given before puberty, because it is more effective if received before exposure to HPV.
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This assessment is valid for women between the ages of 21 and 69 who have had sexual intercourse at least once and who have not had a hysterectomy with removal of the cervix.
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More than 3,700 American women died from cervical cancer in 2005, but death rates from this cancer are dropping. This is because more women are being screened for it. To learn more about cervical cancer and prevention, take this quiz, based on information from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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Can a woman's cervical cancer cause cancer in her husband?
Harvey B. Simon, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Health Sciences Technology Faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the founding editor of Harvard Men's Health Watch (www.health.harvard.edu) and the author of six consumer health books, including The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health (Simon and Schuster, 2002) and The No Sweat Exercise Plan. Lose Weight, Get Healthy and Live Longer (McGraw-Hill, 2006). Dr. Simon practices at the Massachusetts General Hospital; he received the London Prize for Excellence in Teaching from Harvard and MIT.
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Endometritis is an inflammation or irritation of the lining of the uterus(the endometrium).Endometritis is caused by infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or mixtures of normal vaginal bacteria. Endometritis is more likely to occu...
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Hormone replacement therapy(HRT) is the use of synthetic or natural female hormones to make up for the decline or lack of natural hormones produced in a woman''s body. HRT is sometimes referred to as estrogen replacement therapy(ERT), because the f...
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Hormone therapy(HT) is a medical treatment with a medication containing one or more female hormones, commonly estrogen plus progestin(synthetic progesterone), and sometimes testosterone. Some women, usually those who have had their uterus removed,...
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Detailed information on hormone replacement therapy, including the controversy over its use
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