Endometrial carcinoma. This is the most common form of uterine cancer. Cancer that grows in tissues that form linings throughout the body is called carcinoma.
Endometrial carcinoma
Cancer of the inner lining (endometrium) of the uterus.
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Endometrial carcinoma (cancer of the uterine lining) usually causes irregular bleeding, rather than the cyclical pattern of menorrhagia.
Endometrial carcinoma A cancer of the lining of theuterus.
Endometriosis A benign condition in which tissue that looks like endometrial tissue grows in abnormal places in the abdomen.
Endometrium The layer of tissue that lines the uterus.
The exact cause of endometrial carcinoma remains unknown, although several risk factors have been identified.
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Endometrial carcinoma A cancer of the lining of the uterus. Squamous cell carcinoma Cancer arising from the skin or the surfaces of other structures, such as the mouth, cervix, or lungs. Cardiomegaly An enlargement of the heart.
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When the cancer arises from the lining of the uterus (endometrium), it is referred to as endometrial carcinoma.
Overweight is a risk factor for many important disorders, including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, and, in women, endometrial carcinoma.
Surgery and postoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone for patients with stage-1 endometrial carcinoma: Multicentre randomised trial. Lancet, 355: 1404-1411.
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Cancer of the uterus (Endometrial carcinoma) is the eighth leading cause of cancer death in females. Most sufferers of uterine cancer are post menopausal women. However, 25% of all cases occur in women under the age of 50.
As with endometrial carcinomas, the prognosis is influenced by the grade and type of the adenocarcinoma, being poorest with serous differentiation.
clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with stage I endometrial carcinoma.
Neoplastic diseases of the uterus: Endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial carcinoma, sarcoma: Diagnosis and management. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed.
Randomized phase III trial of whole-abdominal irradiation versus doxorubicin and cisplatin chemotherapy in advanced endometrial carcinoma: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol 2006; 24:36.
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The term endometrial carcinomas with squamous differentiation is now preferred. Endometrioid tumours of the ovary may also display squamous differentiation, and similar terminology applies in their histological classification.
 See also: Carcinoma, Cancer, Uterus, Sarcoma, Endometrial cancer
  
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