What is cancer of the uterus?

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it is uterine cancer..there are two parts of the womb that are prone to cancer—the neck (cervix), which can develop cervical cancer, and the endometrium, which can develop endometrial cancer. Cancer of the lining of the womb (endometrial cancer) has quite different features from cervical cancer and is much less common.

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cancer of the uterus

Uterine cancer is cancer of the uterus.

Uterine cancer, also called endometrial cancer and uterine adenocarcinoma, involves a malignant growth that originates in the lining of the uterus, more formally known as the endometrium. Uterine cancer may spread within the female reproductive organs or to other parts of the body.

Uterine cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system. Cancers of the uterus mainly affect post-menopausal women, between the ages of fifty and sixty.

Uterine Cancer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine_cancer

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/uterinecancer.html

The most common type of cancer of the uterus begins in the lining (endometrium). It is called endometrial cancer, uterine cancer, or cancer of the uterus. In this booklet, we will use the terms uterine cancer or cancer of the uterus to refer to cancer that begins in the endometrium.

Uterine cancer usually occurs after menopause. But it may also occur around the time that menopause begins. Abnormal vaginal bleeding is the most common symptom of uterine cancer. Bleeding may start as a watery, blood-streaked flow that gradually contains more blood. Women should not assume that abnormal vaginal bleeding is part of menopause.

A woman should see her doctor if she has any of the following symptoms:
*Unusual vaginal bleeding or discharge
*Difficult or painful urination
*Pain during intercourse
*Pain in the pelvic area

These symptoms can be caused by cancer or other less serious conditions. Most often they are not cancer, but only a doctor can tell for sure.

Cervical cancer. It is almost always caused by HPV (Human Paloma Virus). The good news is that, if detected early enough, it has the best survival rates of all cancers. You might have to have a procedure called LEEP done in which a piece of wire is heated and the doctor cuts out the area that has the cancer. Not a pleasant experience I have been told, but it is life saving.
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Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells don't function right, divide very fast, and produce too much tissue that forms a tumor. Cancer of the uterus is cancer in the womb, the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows during a woman's pregnancy. There are different types of uterine cancers. Two types are endometrial cancer and uterine sarcomas. In the United States, endometrial cancer is a common cancer of the female reproductive system. This type of cancer happens when cancer begins in the tissue lining the uterus (endometrium). Uterine sarcomas occur when cancer grows in the muscles or other supporting tissues in the uterus. Uterine sarcomas account
for only a small portion of cancers of the uterus

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