This disease will affect about one in seventy women in Australia. It is typically a cancer affecting older women, usually aged between 50 and 70. It is less often found in younger women.
Types. Cancer may develop in either the lining or the wall of the uterus. The most common type of uterine cancer is adenocarcinoma, or endometrial cancer, in which the cancerous change happens in the gland tissue of the uterus lining (the endometrium). The other form, sarcoma, is rare, accounting for only 3 per cent of cases of cancer of the uterus. Sarcomas develop when other cells, such as muscle cells, undergo malignant change. The way these two forms present and are created may be similar, although the outlook for sarcomas is, in general, poorer than for adenocarcinomas.
Symptoms. The most common way uterine cancer presents is with abnormal bleeding. This is usually bleeding after menopause, or less often bleeding between periods. This is why abnormal bleeding should always be investigated.
There are some other symptoms which may give a hint that there is something wrong, but usually these, including pain, fever and bladder and bowel problems, occur late in the disease.
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