Women who previously had endometrial cancer and used vaginal estrogen therapy did not have higher risk for cancer recurrence than those who did not use vaginal hormone therapy, according to findings ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

Despite the increased incidence of endometrial cancer in younger women, there is limited research regarding the safety of local, low-dose vaginal estrogen therapy (ET) for survivors. A new study ...

A few weeks later, though it felt much longer, I received my third and final pathology report. I was officially diagnosed with stage 3A endometrial adenocarcinoma, a type of uteri ...

A retrospective study found that patients with mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer had numerically longer overall survival (OS) than those with MMR-proficient ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus, is the layer of tissue that thickens every month in ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Women who used fertility treatments had no higher overall risk of invasive cancer than other women, a large Australian study led by researchers from UNSW Sydney has found. The study, published in JAMA ...

Since fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) began, there has been concern they could cause cancer. Concerns have included whether aspects of treatment – such as taking hormonal ...

A blood sample does not have an obvious odor to a person in a lab coat. But to an electronic nose, it can carry a chemical signature that points toward disease. In a new study from Linköping ...