Uterine cancer

[Cancer of the uterine cervix].

Practice Guidelines: Uterine CorpusEndometrial Cancer

Endometrial cancer is the most common type of female genital cancer in the United States, with an estimated 32,000 new cases and 5,600 deaths per year. During the first half of the 20th century, the incidence of cervical cancer was greater than cancer of the endometrium by a ratio of more than three to one, but this trend reversed around the middle of the century. Endometrial cancer is a diseas...

Personalized care in uterine cancer.

Endometrial cancer typically presents at an early stage when surgery alone, with or without radiotherapy, is often curative. However, in women who present with advanced disease or who develop disease recurrence, long-term prognosis is poor. While surgical cytoreduction remains the mainstay of initial therapy, over the last several decades, the roles of cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and ...

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

HEALTH ISSUE: Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases of women; it is diagnosed in almost half a million women every year and half as many die from it annually. In Canada and other industrialized countries, its incidence has decreased due to cytology screening. However, invasive cases still occur, particularly among immigrant groups and native Canadian women. Although incid...

Uterine Cancer in the Rabbit

That the uterus is the most frequent primary site of tumours in the rabbit was shown by Polson (1927) and subsequently confirmed by Fardean (1931). In Polson's collected series of 67 tumours, including one which was added while the paper was in proof, 31, or 46 per cent, were primary in the uterus. In Fardeau's series of 73 tumours, 32, or 44 per cent, were uterine. Fardeau omitted 2 of Polson'...