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Ask the Expert: Endometrial Cancer

Ask the Expert: Endometrial Cancer

Shawana Moore, DNP, MSN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, answers questions about endometrial cancer, signs and symptoms, and risk reduction.

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Is It Endometriosis or Endometrial Cancer?

How to tell the difference about these conditions with similar symptoms and what to do about it either way

How Endometrial Cancer Is Diagnosed

How Endometrial Cancer Is Diagnosed

Learn how endometrial cancer is diagnosed

Postmenopausal Women and Endometrial Cancer

Postmenopausal Women and Endometrial Cancer

Fluctuating hormones and higher levels of estrogen increase the risk for this common disease

Postmenopausal Women and Endometrial Cancer

Mujeres posmenopáusicas y el cáncer endometrial

Las fluctuaciones hormonales y el incremento en los niveles de estrogenos

Josephine Casanova

Doctors Overlooked My Endometrial Cancer Symptoms for More Than a Year

My bleeding was heavy and constant, but doctors just chalked it up to hormones and threw me on birth control

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Why Are Black Women More Likely to Die from Endometrial Cancer?

Delayed diagnoses, more aggressive tumor types and other healthcare disparities place Black women at a greater risk of dying from endometrial cancer compared to white women

Kristen Lummis

I Was on High Alert for Cancer, but not Endometrial Cancer

I knew Lynch syndrome increased our family’s risk of colorectal cancer. I didn’t know it could be just as likely to cause endometrial cancer.

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Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Endometrial Cancer

Learn the signs and symptoms of the most common gynecological cancer

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Why Access to Contraception Matters for Women of All Ages

Contraceptives help with many health concerns beyond pregnancy prevention, yet millions of women struggle to access them

Exclusive Interview with Fran Drescher

Exclusive Interview with Fran Drescher

The star of "The Nanny" opens up about her cancer journey.

Weight Loss Tied to Lower Risk of Uterine Cancer

Weight Loss Tied to Lower Risk of Uterine Cancer

Weight loss may lower older women's risk of cancer of the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, a new study suggests.

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Gene Mutation Tied to Breast Cancer Raises Uterine Cancer Risk Too

Women with a gene mutation known as BRCA1 have an increased risk for a deadly form of uterine cancer, a new study finds.

Uterine Cancer

Uterine Cancer

Cancer of the inner lining of the uterus, called the endometrium, is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract. Early symptoms include abnormal vaginal bleeding or postmenopausal bleeding. READ MORE