Endometrial Cancer

Definition of endometrial cancer: Cancer that forms in the tissue lining the uterus (the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis in which a fetus develops). Most endometrial cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids).

Estimated new cases and deaths from endometrial (uterine corpus) cancer in the United States in 2009:

Treatment
Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy

Endometrial Cancer Treatment
[patient] [health professional]

Clinical Trials to Treat Endometrial Cancer

Adjuvant Radiation for Endometrial Cancer

Racial Disparities Persist in Endometrial Cancer

Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Q & A

Metastatic Cancer: Q&A

Prevention, Genetics, Causes
Information related to prevention, genetics, risk factors

Endometrial Cancer Prevention
[patient] [health professional]

Clinical Trials to Prevent Endometrial Cancer

Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers

STAR: Questions and Answers

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Screening and Testing
Information about methods of cancer detection including new imaging technologies, tumor markers, and biopsy procedures

Endometrial Cancer Screening
[patient] [health professional]

Clinical Trials to Screen for Endometrial Cancer

Interpreting Laboratory Test Results

Tumor Markers: Q&A
Clinical Trials
Information and current news about clinical trials and trial-related data

Endometrial Cancer Trial Results

Clinical Trials for Endometrial Cancer

How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial

Cancer Literature
Resources available from the PubMed database

Cancer Topic Searches: Gynecologic Cancers

Cancer Literature in PubMed

Research and Related Information
Includes NCI-supported research, funding opportunities, and special reports

NCI Funded Research Portfolio

Gynecologic SPOREs

Endometrial Cancer - NCI Office of Women's Health

Gynecologic Cancers Progress Review Group Report

Statistics
Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival

Cancer Stat Fact Sheet: Cancer of the Corpus and Uterus

Snapshot of Endometrial Cancer

Finding Cancer Statistics

Understanding Cancer Statistics