13 Facts About Endometrial cancer

Endometrial cancer is a cancer that arises from the endometrium .

Endometrial cancer is associated with excessive estrogen exposure, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Endometrial cancer is sometimes loosely referred to as "uterine cancer", although it is distinct from other forms of uterine cancer such as cervical cancer, uterine sarcoma, and trophoblastic disease.

Endometrial cancer is commonly diagnosed by endometrial biopsy or by taking samples during a procedure known as dilation and curettage.

Rates of endometrial cancer have risen in a number of countries between the 1980s and 2010.

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Risk factors for endometrial cancer include obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus, breast cancer, use of tamoxifen, never having had a child, late menopause, high levels of estrogen, and increasing age.

Previously having ovarian cancer is a risk factor for endometrial cancer, as is having had previous radiotherapy to the pelvis.

Diagnosis of endometrial cancer is made first by a physical examination, endometrial biopsy, or dilation and curettage .

An MRI can be of some use in determining if the Endometrial cancer has spread to the cervix or if it is an endocervical adenocarcinoma.

Hysteroscopy only shows the gross anatomy of the endometrium, which is often not indicative of Endometrial cancer, and is therefore not used, unless in conjunction with a biopsy.

In endometrioid adenocarcinoma, the Endometrial cancer cells grow in patterns reminiscent of normal endometrium, with many new glands formed from columnar epithelium with some abnormal nuclei.

Women who wish to preserve their fertility and have low-grade stage I Endometrial cancer can be treated with progestins, with or without concurrent tamoxifen therapy.

Endometrial cancer is not widely known by the general populace, despite its frequency.