Uterine Cancer - Types

Uterine Cancer Types

The following are the different types of uterine cancers:

1. Endometrial cancer: Endometrial carcinomas affect the glands of the endometrium or the uterine lining. This type is further divided into the following categories:

• Endometrioid adenocarcinoma - A common type of cancer that can be easily treated.
• Uterine papillary serous carcinoma - An aggressive form of uterine cancer.
• Uterine clear-cell carcinoma - Another aggressive type of uterine cancer.
• Endometrial stromal sarcomas - Cancers that affect the connective tissues of the endometrium that are not as common as endometrial carcinomas.

2. Malignant mixed M�llerian tumors: Show a mix of both the glandular and the stromal cells of the endometrium-their cell of origin is unknown.


3. Uterine sarcomas: Sarcomas are cancers that affect the muscular layer of the uterus, the myometrium. Of this category, the leiomyosarcomas are the most common.

4. Cervical cancer: Affects the mouth of the uterus or the cervix, a region which connects the vagina to the uterus and is normally treated as a separate entity due to it being a common type of malignancy in women.

5. Gestational trophoblastic disease: Malignancy originating from the fetal tissue during pregnancy.

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