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Chapter-26 Endometrial Carcinoma

BOOK TITLE: Decision Making in Surgical Oncology

Author
1. Tyagi AK
2. Rautray D
ISBN
9788184481525
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10195_26
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2008
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Armed Forces Medical Services, Command Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Indraprastha University, Sector 16-C, Dwarka, New Delhi, India; University of Delhi [South Campus], New Delhi, India
2. Armed Forces Medical Services, Command Hospital (Air Force), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

This gynecologic malignancy is primarily a disease of postmenopausal females and generally denotes a good prognosis, as it is detected early due to its hallmark symptomatology – postmenopausal bleeding. Worldwide 188,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. Of all the uterine fundal cancers, endometrial carcinoma accounts for almost 90%, whereas leiomyosarcoma, endometrial stromal sarcoma, and mixed Mullerian tumors (carcinosarcoma) and others constitute the remaining 10%. The prime modality of treatment of endometrial carcinoma is surgery, the adjuvant treatments- radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy have certain grey areas.

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