Resources for Coping with Uterine Cancer

ALSO SEE:

UTERINE (ENDOMETRIAL) CANCER – MY STORY & MORE

RADIATION THERAPY FOR UTERINE CANCER – MY STORY & MORE

The stories, information, and resources on this site are intended to supplement—not replace—the advice of your clinical team.

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Resources

(Note: This list is undergoing revision)

• ABC Health & Wellness News
  • Dixie Carter and Endometrial Cancer: What You Need to Know
• American Cancer Society
  • About Endometrial Cancer
  • Cancer Facts & Figures 2016 (page 24)*
  • Endometrial Cancer Stages
  • Grading Endometrial Carcinomas
  • Key Statistics for Endometrial Cancer (2016 Estimates; available as Cancer Facts & Figures 2016, PDF, page 24)
  • Key Statistics for Endometrial Cancer (2017 Estimates)
  • What Is Endometrial Cancer?
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
  • Endometrial Cancer “Frequently Asked Questions” Fact Sheet
  • “Making the Most of Your Health Care Visit” Patient Education Fact Sheet
• American Institute for Cancer Research
  • Learn About Endometrial Cancer
• Cancer Treatment Centers of America
  • Uterine Cancer Information
• Cancer.net
  • Uterine Cancer: Statistics (from ACS)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Cancer
  • Gynecologic Cancers
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer Statistics
  • Inside Knowledge Fact Sheet – Uterine Cancer
• College of American Pathologists (CAP)
  • Clinical Summary: Uterine Corpus
• da Vinci® Robotic Hysterectomy: Cancer Surgery
• Foundation for Women’s Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer
• HealthLine.com
  • Fibroids
• Johns Hopkins Medicine – Can My Pap Test Detect More Than Cervical Cancer?
• Mayo Clinic
  • Tamoxifen
• Medscape
  • Endometrial Carcinoma
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
  • Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer
• Nancy Yeary Women’s Cancer Research Foundation
  • Uterine/Endometrial Cancer
• National Cancer Institute
  • Cancer Statistics
  • Cancer Stat Facts: Endometrial Cancer
  • Tumor Grade
  • Uterine Cancer—Patient Version
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) – U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
  • Disparities in Uterine Cancer Epidemiology, Treatment, and Survival Among African Americans in the United States. B Long, FW Liu, and RE Bristow. Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Sep; 130(3): 652–659. Published online 2013 May 23. doi:  1016/j.ygyno.2013.05.020
• ObGyn.net
  • Endometrial Polyps
• OncoLink
  • All About Endometrial (Uterine) Cancers
• PBS  NewsHour
  • Video on Gynecologic Cancers
• Pfizer
  • Premarin Vaginal Cream
• PubMed Central® (PMC) Archive of Biomedical and Life Sciences Journal Literature, U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
  • Architectural (FIGO) grading, nuclear grading, and other prognostic indicators in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma with identification of high-risk and low-risk groups. Mittal KR, Schwartz PE, Barwick KW. Cancer. 1988 Feb 1;61(3):538–45.
• Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)
• WebMD
  •  Dilatation and Curettage (D&C)
  • Which Type of Estrogen Hormone Therapy Is Right for You?
• Womenshealth.gov – Pap test

Sister-and-Brother Sites

• Peach Outreach – Facebook
• Peach Sisters United – Facebook
• Peach Society – Facebook
• Uterine Fibroids Awareness Network – Facebook
• Womb Cancer Support UK – Website
• Womb Cancer Support UK – Facebook
• Alive And Kickn – A Hereditary Cancer Foundation – Facebook