Endometrial Cancer

Overview

Endometrial cancer – cancer that develops in the lining of the uterus (endometrium). This is the most common type of uterine cancer.

Most of them are hormone dependant and are adenocarcinomas and a small subset is non endometroid adenocarcinoma

What are the signs and symptoms?
The most common presenting symptoms are:

• Abnormal uterine bleeding (or)
• Post – menopausal bleeding

Treatment options

• Post exploratory laparotomy, early stage patients may require Total abdominal hysterectomy and Bilateral salpingo oophorectomy and omental biopsy and peritoneal fluid sampling
• Higher stage or high grade endometrial cancers require radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy and omentectomy
• Stage 3 and Stage 4 disease requires multi-modality therapy of surgery chemotherapy and radiotherapy
• Radiotherapy and targeted therapy are useful in advanced cancer patients