Uterine cancer

Uterine cancer
Classification and external resources
Malignant tumor of the uterus
ICD-10	C54
ICD-9	179
MeSH	D014594

The term uterine cancer may refer to any of several different types of cancer which occur in the uterus, namely:

• Uterine sarcomas: sarcomas of the myometrium, or muscular layer of the uterus, are most commonly leiomyosarcomas.
• Endometrial cancer:

• Endometrial carcinomas originate from cells in the glands of the endometrium (uterine lining). These include the common and readily treatable well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma, as well as the more aggressive uterine papillary serous carcinoma and uterine clear-cell carcinoma.
• Endometrial stromal sarcomas originate from the connective tissues of the endometrium, and are far less common than endometrial carcinomas.
• Malignant mixed Müllerian tumors are rare endometrial tumors which show both glandular (carcinomatous) and stromal (sarcomatous) differentiation – carcinosarcoma behaves similar to a high grade carcinoma, and it is felt to be of epithelial origin rather than true sarcoma.

• Cervical cancer arises from the transformation zone of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus and connects to the upper aspect of the vagina.
• Gestational trophoblastic disease relates to neoplastic processes originating from tissue of a pregnancy that often is located in the uterus.

Age-standardized death from cancer of the uterine body per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.

  no data

  less than 0.5

  0.5-1

  1-1.5

  1.5-2

  2-2.5

  2.5-3

  3-3.5

  3.5-4

  4-4.5

  4.5-5

  5-8

  more than 8

External links

• Clinically reviewed uterine cancer information for patients from Cancer Research UK
• UK uterine cancer statistics from Cancer Research UK