ENDOMETRIAL CANCER DEFINITION

It is cancer of the lining of the uterus or womb. This lining is known as the endometrium. Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract, with an estimated 200 women diagnosed each year (about 1 percent of all cases). Fortunately, it has a high cure rate. Endometrial cancer is not the same as some other less common malignancies involving the uterus. For example, uterine sarcomas are malignancies arising from the wall of the uterus, not the lining. All in all, these other cancers make up less than 10 percent of the malignant tumours arising from the uterus. The remaining 90 percent are the endometrial cancers talked about here.