Endometrial cancer, also known as uterine or womb cancer, is a type of cancer that begins in the uterus. The uterus is a hollow, pear-shaped pelvic organ where the development of a baby takes place during pregnancy. At the end of the uterus is the cervix, which connects the uterus to ...
Fortunately, many people with endometrial cancer seek diagnosis and treatment in the early stages due to their abnormal vaginal bleeding. But when left untreated, endometrial cancer may start to spread through the wall of the uterus and into the pelvis, causing an additional set of symptoms. Progr...
typically after at least one other drug treatment has been tried and curative surgery or radiation isn’t possible.Keytruda can also be used alone to treat advanced endometrial cancers, typically after other treatments have been tried, and if the cancer cells...
Second, have the trials to date been so heterogeneous in terms of staging, substaging, histology, and other factors that they lack the ability to apply the findings to the variety of patients seen within these broad groups? In other words, is there enough representation of substages to ...
Endometriosis Symptoms, Stages, Treatment What Is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is the growth of tissue that is normally found in the lining of the uterus (endometrium) in a location outside of the uterine cavity. It can occur on the ovaries, surface of the uterus, on the intestine, or in ...
Endometrial Cancer in Tamoxifen-Treated Breast Cancer Patients: Findings From the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) B-14 * BACKGROUND. Tamoxifen is advantageous in treating all stages of breast cancer. However, studies have suggested that incidence and severity of endometrial...
As endometrial cancer develops from hormone dependent cells, endocrine treatment has been the traditional palliative therapy of advanced tumor stages. Several studies to date have failed to demonstrate an efficacy of adjuvant hormonal therapy in cases of high-risk endometrial cancer. For the conservative...
MRS was employed in our study as abnormal choline metabolism is a characteristic cancer marker [11]. An elevated total choline (tCho) signal is detectable by MRS in all tested cancers, as well as in various stages of EC [11, 25, 26]. Specifically, a high tCho/Water ratio and choline ...
Adjuvant Treatment of Advanced-stage Endometrial Cancer Despite the overall favorable prognosis for women with endometrial cancer, those with advanced and metastatic disease are at significant risk of major morb... NK Lee - 《Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology》 被引量: 29发表: 2011年 The role of ...
Endometrial cancer may have both locoregional extension and contiguous spread to the cervix, vagina, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. [8] Metastatic disease [4][8] Lymphogenic and hematogenous metastases can be seen in advanced stages of endometrial cancer. [8] Patients may have nonspecific fe...