Late Pregnancy Lowers Endometrial Cancer Risk in Women
Women becoming mother at the age of 40 or older are 44 percent at reduced risk of developing endometrial cancer when compared to women who have their last birth under the age of 25, reveals a new...
View ArticleCommon Birth Control Device Proves to be Cost-effective Treatment for Early...
A common birth control device has been found effective in treating early-stage endometrial cancer in morbidly obese and high-risk surgery patients, said Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer...
View ArticleNew Method to Screen for Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers
A team of American researchers has come up with a new method of screening for ovarian and endometrial cancers by analyzing the cervical fluid collected during Pap smear tests. Researchers at Sidney...
View ArticleGenes Behind Aggressive Endometrial Cancer Identified
Yale researchers have discovered genes behind uterine serous carcinoma (USC) - a chemo-resistant, aggressive form of endometrial cancer. The collaborative team-which included researchers with...
View ArticleEndometrial Cancer Promoted By Epigenetic Silencing of the HAND2 Tumor...
Epigenetic modification of the HAND2 gene plays a critical role in the development of endometrial cancer, suggests a new study published this week in iPLOS Medicine/i. HAND2 is active in the healthy...
View ArticleTumors Get Sensitized to PARP Inhibitors When Hormonal Environment in...
UCLA researchers, for the first time have shown that modulating the hormonal environment in which endometrial cancers grow could make tumors significantly more sensitive to a new class of drugs known...
View ArticleSugary Drinks Increase Endometrial Cancer Risk
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risk of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women, says study published in iCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers (and) Prevention/i, a journal of the...
View ArticleNo Link Present Between Endometrial Cancer Risk and Soy Foods
No evidence has been found to support a protective association between soy food and endometrial cancer, according to a team of researchers. Soy foods are an almost exclusive dietary source of...
View ArticleEndometrial Cancer Aggressiveness Linked to Genetic 'Hotspot'
Twins can be differentiated by parents through subtle differences such as facial expression, moles, voice tone and gait. Similarly, physicians treating women with endometrial cancer must be able to...
View ArticlePossible New Way to Treat Endometrial Cancer Uncovered in Study
As with all other people, scientists love acronyms. In the quest to solve cancer's mysteries, they come in handy when describing tongue-twisting processes and pathways that somehow allow tumors to...
View ArticleOverlooked Gene Found Frequently Mutated in Colorectal, Endometrial Cancers
A genetic mutation that had been overlooked in recent large, comprehensive gene searches is implicated in about 20 percent of colorectal and endometrial cancers, scientists have said. With this...
View ArticleHispanic Women Less Likely to Survive Endometrial Uterine Cancer
In a study evaluating outcomes of Hispanic women with endometrial uterine cancer, researchers have found that Hispanic women in the United States were significantly less likely to survive the cancer...
View ArticleEndometrial Cancer - Could Bone Loss Drugs Help?
A new study reveals that women who use bisphosphonates, a bone medication used to treat osteoporosis and other bone loss diseases, have a reduced risk of endometrial cancer. The results were published...
View ArticleThousands of Endometrial Cancers Prevented by the Oral Contraceptive Pill
Endometrial cancer is a common cancer that affects the female reproductive system. It is also called as womb cancer or uterine cancer. Taking a contraceptive pill over an extended period has prevented...
View ArticlePromising Biomarker to Predict the Recurrence of Endometrial Cancer
The deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) have been linked to cancer progression, initiation and the resistance of chemotherapy. Thus, the inhibition of certain DUBs have been proposed as a targeted therapy...
View ArticleEndometrial Scratch Appears to be Beneficial in Couples Trying to Conceive
Endometrial scratch is a procedure used to help embryos implant more successfully after in-vitro fertilization (IVF). There is a much disputed claim that 'injury' to the lining of the uterus - whether...
View ArticleEndometrial Receptivity Analysis Best for Women Unable to Conceive Through IVF
For women unable to conceive even after In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment due to wrong window implantation, Endometrial Receptivity Analysis (ERA) is the best solution, reveals a study by...
View ArticleEasy Screening Method to Detect Mutations Of Endometrial Cancer
bHighlights/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" liEndometrial cancer is currently increasing in both incidence and mortality in the United States. /li li There is currently no effective screening...
View ArticleLab-Cultured Endometrium Reveals Secret of Conception
Miniature functional models of the lining of the womb (uterus) in culture was successfully grown by the scientists at the University of Cambridge. These organoids, as they are known, could provide new...
View ArticleCadmium Increases The Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Women with high levels of cadmium had an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer, according to a 5-year observational published in PLOS One at the University of Missouri. The researchers hope...
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