Main » Endometrial cancer (cancer of the uterus)
Endometrial cancer, uterine body lining is the most common cancer of female genital mutilation, but ranks last among these diseases as a cause of death, as is usually detected at an early stage when the disease responds well to treatment.
In recent decades, the incidence of endometrial cancer has been steadily increasing, apparently due to the increase in life expectancy for women and their stay in the postmenopausal. Uterine body cancer occurs mainly in post... Read more »
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Endometrial cancer is typical for older women (usually in postmenopausal). Over 95% of cases of cancer of this ... Read more »
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There are two pathogenetic types of uterine body cancer - hormone dependent and autonomous.
Hormone dependent cancer of the uterus occurs in approximately 70% of cases in the pathogenesis of this cancer plays a role long hyperestrogenia. Hyperestrogenia may occur as a result of anovulation, feminizing ovarian tumors, obesity, diabetes, and hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer treatment with tamoxifen, and so on hormone-dependent endometrial cancer i... Read more »
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Symptoms of cancer (endometrium) of the corpus uteri, to some extent depend on menstrual function. In menstruating women endometrial cancer can occur with abundant long periods, often irregular, acyclic bleeding. However, 75% of endometrial cancer occurs in postmenopausal women and causes bleeding from the genital tract, known as bleeding in postmenopausal women. Bleeding may be scant, spotting or heavy. Bleeding in postmenopausal women concerned 90% of patients wit... Read more »
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Postmenopausal women showed vaginal pelvic ultrasound 1 every year, and at risk for endometrial cancer - one every six months.
In case of violation of the menstrual cycle and ultrasonic signs of endometrial pathology, as well as bleeding in postmenopausal women shows hysteresis cervico spectroscopy and separate diagnostic curettage of the endometrium. Informativeness of hysteroscopy in endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women is 98%, histology scrapings ca... Read more »
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Among patients requiring surgery, 13% have no contraindications to surgery due to concomitant diseases.
Preoperative radiation therapy for early stage disease (stages I and II with a hidden endocervical lesion). Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooforektomiya periaortalnyh with biopsy of lymph nodes, peritoneal cytology content, evaluation of estrogen and progesterone and pathohistological estimate the depth of penetration into the myometrium.... Read more »
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Methods for primary prevention of cancer of uterine body designed to eliminate these risk factors for endometrial cancer and in fact are aimed at eliminating hyperestrogenia: weight loss, compensation for diabetes, reproductive function, normalization of menstrual function, the causes of anovulation, early surgical treatment with feminizing tumor and T . etc.
However, the most effective measures of secondary prevention, aimed at the timely diagnosis and treat... Read more »
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