Endometrial stromal sarcoma

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma
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Definition of medical terminology for Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma.

Endometrial stromal sarcoma. This cancer begins in the tissue that supports the lining surface (endometrium) of the uterus. This tissue is called the stroma. ESS comes in two varieties. One is slow to grow and spread.

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Uterine sarcomas can be endometrial stromal sarcomas that develop in the endometrial connective tissue (stroma), or uterine leiomyosarcomas that develop in the muscular uterus wall.

Other, less common types of uterine cancer include carcinosarcoma and endometrial stromal sarcoma. Carcinosarcoma starts in the endometrium and is similar to both endometrial cancer and sarcoma.

of the uterus (the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis in which a fetus develops). It usually occurs after menopause. The two main types are leiomyosarcoma (cancer that begins in smooth muscle cells) and endometrial stromal sarcoma ...

See also: Cancer, Sarcoma, Uterus, Symptom, Carcinoma