The endometrium is far more than a reproductive tissue; emerging research reveals how mitochondrial aging, immune imbalance, ...

“Uterine cancer” is an umbrella term that covers two types of cancer: endometrial cancer and uterine sarcoma. Both types begin in the uterus. Endometrial cancer and uterine sarcoma are different types ...

Stage 2 endometrial cancer spreads to the cervical stroma but remains within the uterus and cervix, requiring precise staging and diagnosis. Treatment typically involves surgery, possibly a radical ...

Uterine fibroids are tumors that grow in or on your uterus, or womb. Fibroids aren’t cancerous and hardly ever turn into cancer. They're made of smooth muscle cells and other tissue that grows in or ...

Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare form of cancer. The earlier uterine leiomyosarcoma is diagnosed, the better the outlook. Uterine leiomyosarcoma accounts for 2–5% of all uterine cancers. It starts in ...

Uterine cancer is cancer that starts in the uterus. Most uterine cancers occur in people who have gone through or are going through menopause. The uterus is a pear-shaped organ where a fetus grows ...

—Although transvaginal ultrasonography is commonly used to stage endometrial cancer at diagnosis, it may have unintended negative consequences in Black patients, suggest the results of a new study.

Tiffany White was 27 years old when she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. White, a Chicago resident who works as a mental health counselor and an accounting director for a national nonprofit ...