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Uterus Cancer
Uterus cancer is a malignant tumor of the endometrium (lining of the uterus).
Uterine cancer usually occurs after menopause, most often strike women aged 50-60 years.
Cancer can spread (metastase) locally and to various parts of the body (cervical canal, fallopian tubes, ovaries, the area around the uterus, the lymph system or to other parts of the body through blood vessels).
CAUSE
The cause is certainly not known, but this disease seems to involve increased levels of estrogen.
One of the normal function of estrogen is to stimulate the formation of the epithelial layer of the uterus. A large number of estrogen are injected to laboratory animals causes endometrial hyperplasia and cancer.
Women who suffer from cervical cancer seems to have certain risk factors. (risk factor is something that will increase the possibility of a person to suffer from a disease).
Women who have risk factors do not always suffer from cervical cancer, whereas many cervical cancer patients who had no risk factors. Sometimes it can not be explained why a woman suffering from uterine cancer, while other women who do not.
Research has found several risk factors in cervical cancer: Read the rest of this entry »