Uterine Cancer

What is a Mediport? Should I Get One?

As we mentioned in chemotherapy given, a mediport is a means of giving chemotherapy. As opposed to an intravenous catheter, which is placed and then removed after it is done,...

How Will My Age Affect My Options For Treatment?

We do not, in general, make treatment decisions based on age. What is more important is how you are physically doing when you are diagnosed; a 45-year-old woman with end-stage...

What Are The Side Effects Of Treatment?

We touched on this briefly before, but in general, chemotherapy can cause lowering of the blood cell counts, which may put you at an increased risk for infection, anemia, or...

How Is Chemotherapy Given?

As previously discussed, all of the chemotherapy for endometrial cancer is given by vein. One of the drugs, doxorubicin, can be particularly dangerous if it leaks out of an intravenous...

Will I Need Chemotherapy?

If you have positive lymph nodes or if you have involvement of the ovaries or tubes, you will likely need chemotherapy. In addition, if you have a serous papillary cancer...

My Surgeon Mentioned Removing My Lymph Nodes

What Are They? The lymph nodes are bean sized structures that are part of the immune system. Endometrial cancer can spread to the lymph nodes along the veins and arteries...

Do I Need To Have My Ovaries Removed? My Cervix?

As noted in Have My Surgery Done Vaginally, removal of the cervix and ovaries is required for complete surgical treatment of endometrial cancer. In young women, the ovaries may be...

Can I Have My Surgery Done Vaginally?

A vaginal hysterectomy is a reasonable surgical choice for carefully selected patients. The standard approach still requires total hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries. For women who are very large...

My Surgeon Recommends That I Have My Uterus Removed

How do they do this? The traditional method of removing the uterus for endometrial cancer is to remove it abdominally, through a vertical incision in the abdomen, called a laparotomy....

How Do I Decide By Whom And Where I Should Be Treated?

Once the diagnosis of endometrial cancer has been made, you should see a Gynecologic Oncologist for your surgery if this is possible. Gynecologic Oncologists have the most experience with endometrial...

How Does Uterine Cancer Spread?

Cancer can spread in three ways: by extending into surrounding tissue; by passing through the blood sup-ply, a process called hematogenous dissemination; or by traveling in the  lymphatic system, the...