Jul 24, 2008

Endometrial cancer behind the hidden danger

Long-term sustainability of estrogen by stimulating so that the endometrial thickening, an increase of the chance of deterioration, such patients may be due to ovarian problems, such as longer will have more of such hormones in cancer, or suffer from more Cystic ovary, resulting in suspension of ovulation and menopause, endocrine and has changed too much estrogen.

Endometrial cancer risk factors are:

First, the long-term sustainability of estrogen by stimulating so that the endometrial thickening, an increase of the chance of deterioration, such patients may be due to ovarian problems, such as longer will have more of such hormones in cancer, or suffering from On polycystic ovary, resulting in suspension of ovulation and menopause, endocrine and has changed too much estrogen.

Second, a long-term use of estrogen drugs, but no additional progesterone type of medicine to cope with.

Third, patients generally have more fat and have high blood pressure, diabetes, infertility or unmarried persons suffering from the slightly higher number of opportunities.

3. Such as the above, if the use of "hormone" estrogen only, and users are still in the womb, then the long term will increase the chance of cancer, but if the uterus has been removed, it need not Worried that if the uterus is still the case, then estrogen and progestin should be both.

4. Surgical treatment is mainly based, radiation and chemotherapy as deputy. Major surgery is to increase bilateral hysterectomy with ovarian, and other, sometimes coupled with removal of lymph glands.

5.endometrial hyperplasia = intimal hyperplasia

Squamous metaplasia = transformation of squamous

differentiated adenocarcinoma = a differentiation of adenocarcinoma

Columnar cells = pillar-shaped cells

Polygonal cells = polygonal cell

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