Uterine cancer. What are the risk factors?

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Uterine cancer is the most common cancer in women, the vast majority (95%) are located in the endometrium (lining of the uterus) Increasing incidence of endometrial cancer is related to the advanced age of the patient and has also increased the degree of impact of other factors of poor prognosis as women age. This last point is related to the degree and in critical condition at diagnosis.

Among the risk factors for endometrial cancer are obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. Obesity is the main risk factor associated with endometrial cancer and not only is a potent risk factor but also stands out as a potential factor of poor prognosis, because of surgical risk.

The association of diabetes mellitus with endometrial cancer is more important in the pre-and postoperative care of patients, who as a causal factor.

High blood pressure seems more related to body weight with endometrial cancer, so the risk of these patients is related to the surgical process.

Infertility demonstrated by the low relative parity has also been associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer. Other factors such as smoking in pre-menopausal women was associated, but their direct involvement is unclear. For unknown reasons black women are less likely to develop endometrial cancer than white women, so that a white woman is twice as likely to develop endometrial cancer during the course of his life also instance women of high socioeconomic status. The presence of abnormal uterine bleeding is the harbinger of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women. Therefore imposing the cervical dilatation and endometrial curettage diagnosis to detect the degree of involvement of cancer.

The Pap test sometimes fails to detect cancer as the atrophic cervix and be very closed, unable to get a proper outlet endocervical canal (within the cervix).

 

 

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