Disease linked to age, obesity and hormone replacement therapy, say doctors. April 12, 2010— -- Dixie Carter, the sharp-tongued Julia Sugarbaker in television's "Designing Women," is one of the ...

Your doctor may prescribe hormone therapy if you have late-stage cancer and sometimes if you have working ovaries and want to get pregnant. Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images Hormone therapy for ...

Obesity has been recognized as an endometrial cancer risk factor since at least the 1960s and remains the single most impactful risk factor for the disease. However, obesity is a modifiable risk ...

Endometrial cancer is treatable and, if found in time, has a good five-year outcome for patients. However, once it spreads outside the uterus, it becomes difficult to effectively treat – which makes ...

Brachytherapy is an internal radiation therapy that people may have during treatment for endometrial cancer. A doctor may suggest brachytherapy after surgery or if surgery is not an option. The ...

The Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences are developing an easy, noninvasive test to detect endometrial cancer in women with abnormal vaginal bleeding. It analyzes vaginal fluid collected on tampons for ...

The endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus, is the layer of tissue that thickens every month in preparation for a possible pregnancy. But just as a baby can grow there, so can nasty cancer cells.

High metabolic activity of visceral fat may be associated with more aggressive endometrial cancer, new research presented today at the 38th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear ...