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Endometrial cancer involves cancerous growth of the endometrium (lining of the uterus). It mainly occurs after menopause, and presents with vaginal bleeding. A hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) is generally performed. It is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States, with over 35,000 women being diagnosed each year in the U.S. Because of effective screening, it is only the third most common cause of gynecologic cancer deaths (behind ovarian and cervical cancer). The ...
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Uterine Cancer Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- Women's Cancer Network
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- University of Utah, Health Sciences Center
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Cancer Care, Inc. http://www.cancercare.org/
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- Gynecologic Cancer Foundation http://www.thegcf.org/
- Harvard University, Center of Excellence http://www.hmcnet.harvard.edu/coe/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Resources
- ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Active Coping Helps Gynecologic Cancer Patients' Quality of Life (American Cancer Society)
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