Uterine cancer
Classification and external resources
Malignant tumor of the uterus
ICD-10	C54.
MeSH	D014594

The term uterine cancer may refer to any of several different types of cancer which occur in the uterus, namely:

• Uterine sarcomas: sarcomas of the myometrium, or muscular layer of the uterus, are most commonly leiomyosarcomas.

• Endometrial cancer:

• Endometrial carcinomas originate from cells in the glands of the endometrium (uterine lining). These include the common and readily treatable well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma, as well as the more aggressive uterine papillary serous carcinoma and uterine clear-cell carcinoma.

• Endometrial stromal sarcomas originate from the connective tissues of the endometrium, and are far less common than endometrial carcinomas.

• Malignant mixed Müllerian tumors are rare endometrial tumors which show both glandular (carcinomatous) and stromal (sarcomatous) differentiation – their true cell of origin is unknown.

• Cervical cancer arises from the transitional zone of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus and connects to the upper aspect of the vagina.

• Gestational trophoblastic disease relates to neoplastic processes originating from tissue of a pregnancy that often is located in the uterus.

[edit] Epidemiology

Age-standardized death from cancer of the uterine body per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.^[1]

     no data      less than 0.5      0.5-1      1-1.5      1.5-2      2-2.5      2.5-3      3-3.5      3.5-4      4-4.5      4.5-5      5-8      more than 8

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