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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 Müllerian 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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From all the symptoms of endometrial cancer, the commonly noted one is unanticipated or irregular vaginal bleeding post menopause. In case a woman is on a course of hormone therapy then there could be some amount of bleeding from vagina which could be anticipated. Nearly twenty from a hundred females that experience irregular bleeding post menopause have been found to have endometrial cancer. Weight loss without any effort taken could be one of the symptoms of endometrial cancer among women who are in the advanced or later stages of endometrial cancer.