Definition - Cancer of the endometrium
- 75% of cases are post-menopausal
Risk Factors - Obesity
- Nulliparity
- Unopposed
estrogen
- Combination oral contraceptives
- Family history
Differential diagnosis Epidemiology - Most frequently occurring female genital cancer
- Approximately 40,100 cases of corpus cancer were predicted to occur in
the United States in 2008
- Mortality
is higher in black women than in white women
Aetiology Clinical features - Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Frequently postmenopausal
- No gross evidence of disease on
the cervix and with a normal-sized uterus
Pathophysiology Investigations- Vaginal ultrasonography
- Hydroultrasonography
- Endometrial biopsy
Managementa) conservativeb) medical c) surgicalPrognosis |
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