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Coping with Cancer
Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment.
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Support and Resources
Information about cancer support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care.
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Educational Materials About Clinical Trials
Types of trials, how they work, risks and benefits of taking part.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies used in addition to, or instead of, conventional cancer treatments.
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Definition of endometrial cancer: Cancer that forms in the tissue lining the uterus (the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis in which a baby grows). Most endometrial cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids).
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New cases: 42,160
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Deaths: 7,780
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See the online booklet What You Need To Know About Cancer of the Uterus to learn about endometrial cancer symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor.
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Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy
Endometrial Cancer Treatment [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Treat Endometrial Cancer
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Adjuvant Radiation for Endometrial Cancer
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Racial Disparities Persist in Endometrial Cancer
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Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Q & A
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Metastatic Cancer: Q&A
Information related to prevention, genetics, risk factors
Endometrial Cancer Prevention [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Prevent Endometrial Cancer
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Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers
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STAR: Questions and Answers
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Information about methods of cancer detection including new imaging technologies, tumor markers, and biopsy procedures
Endometrial Cancer Screening [patient] [health professional]
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Clinical Trials to Screen for Endometrial Cancer
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Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
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Tumor Markers: Q&A
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Information and current news about clinical trials and trial-related data
Endometrial Cancer Trial Results
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Clinical Trials for Endometrial Cancer
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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial
Resources available from the PubMed database
Cancer Topic Searches: Gynecologic Cancers
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Cancer Literature in PubMed
Includes NCI-supported research, funding opportunities, and special reports
NCI Funded Research Portfolio
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Gynecologic SPOREs
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Endometrial Cancer - NCI Office of Women's Health
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Gynecologic Cancers Progress Review Group Report
Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival
Cancer Stat Fact Sheet: Cancer of the Corpus and Uterus
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Snapshot of Endometrial Cancer
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Finding Cancer Statistics
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Understanding Cancer Statistics
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