Uterine Cancer News

Women living in Bath and Wiltshire who need treatment for gynaecological cancers may have to travel to Bristol after a review recommended the move.

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November 11, 2009 Too Fat to live? We're getting there! as reported on MSNBC : WASHINGTON - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year a ' and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.

You may already know that cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, but did you know that obesity may be responsible for than 100,000 cases of cancer each year? According to the American Institute of Cancer Research, excess body fat has been linked to nearly half the cases of endometrial cancer and a third of esophageal ...

More and more evidence today of the link between obesity and cancer.Michele Gielan has that story and more in today's health report.As many as 100-thousand cases of cancer could have been prevented if Americans lost some weight.

Uterine, ovarian, and mammary cancers in female rabbits and testicular cancer in males are common in rabbits that have not been spayed or neutered.

Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.

Brachytherapy can bring radiation therapy within reach for some breast cancer patients By Kathy Ursprung The Chronicle Breast cancer patients who undergo conventional radiation therapy commit to five to seven weeks of daily treatment, often at a distant treatment center, but a therapy coming to the Celilo Cancer Center will change that for some of ...

According to Reuters Health News there may be another reason for woman to pour that second cup of coffee - the Swedish researchers who are releasing the results of their study in the November International Journal of Cancer, say that drinking coffee may significantly lower the risk of endometrial cancer.

An OU Cancer Center study of 2,600 women nationwide shows many women with uterine cancer now have an option to open surgery.

A study that included 446 patients at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center endorses laparoscopic surgery for uterine cancer.

In February 1997, Susan Kushner of Mendota Heights had just returned home from a vacation and was feeling great.

Franklin County voters are being asked to approve Issue 4 or risk cuts to some of children's services more important programs, 10TV's Lindsey Seavert reported Friday.

Peter Wasserman jokes that he never worried about getting uterine cancer. After all, he doesn't have a uterus.

The right combination of estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator , which blocks the effects of estrogen in breast tissue, could relieve menopause symptoms and cut breast cancer risk, Yale researchers report in an abstract presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine scientific meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-21.

Cancers are diseases in which some body cells undergo uncontrolled growth, invasion of surrounding tissues, and spread to other parts of the body.

Women who take large amounts of folate, vitamin B2, B6 or B12 supplements may be increasing their risk of uterine cancer, according to research presented at the 16th International Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology in Belgrade, Serbia, 11-14 October 2009.

Information regarding hysterectomy after bilateral mastectomies? kkinphx Topics: DCIS Hysterectomy and oopherectomy I've met women in my support group who also had non-invasive DCIS whose doctors are insisting on oopherectomy at a minimum and hysterectomy with ovary removal preferred.

Uterine papillary serous carcinoma , the less common form of endometrial cancer, causes a disproportionate number of deaths, and more clinical trials are needed to develop evidence-based management strategies, according to a literature review in the October issue of Gynecologic Oncology .