The endometrium is the layer of tissue lining the inside of the uterus – the reproductive organ in the pelvis where a baby develops. "The endometrium is a crucial part of the female reproductive ...

Over the past decade, minimally invasive surgical procedures using laparoscopy and robotics have supplanted traditional open laparotomy as the preferred surgical approach for the staging of ...

Physical activity may be associated with decreasing endometrial cancer risk; it remains unclear whether the association is modified by body size. Two recent reviews concluded that endometrial cancer ...

Preliminary results of a phase II investigator-initiated trial (IIT) presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting demonstrated the clinical activity of the ...

Summary of study being published online January 26, 2009 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology,showing no survival difference between premenopausal women with early-stage endometrial cancer whose ...

What Is Metastatic Endometrial Cancer? Metastatic endometrial cancer is when cancer that starts in the lining of the uterus (endometrium) spreads to other parts of the body. Your doctor may call it ...

Calcium deposits in the uterus lining — known as calcification in the endometrium — can occur alone or with different gynecological conditions. Your overall medical history and current symptoms, if ...

Uterine cancer starts in the uterus. Doctors can order several tests, including blood and imaging tests, to diagnose and monitor the progression of this cancer. Cancer can form in two parts of the ...

Your uterine lining is called the endometrium. When you have an ultrasound or MRI, your endometrium will show up as a dark line on the screen. This line is sometimes referred to as the “endometrial ...