What are symptoms of Endometrial cancer?

If a lady has following Symptoms, she must consult a Doctor . 

•Post menopausal bleeding 

•Abnormal Vaginal bleeding - bleeding not related to periods 

• pain during intercourse

• feeling of mass in pelvic area 

• pain in pelvic area 

• weight loss 

• painful or  frequent  urination

What are the stages ? 

Revised 2009 FIGO staging for carcinoma of the endometrium 7:

 • stage 0: carcinoma in situ

 • stage I: limited to the body of the uterus

 ◦ Ia: no or less than half (≤ 50%) myometrial invasion

 ◦ Ib: invasion equal to or more than half (≥ 50%) of the myometrium

 • stage II: cervical stromal involvement

 ◦ endocervical glandular involvement only is stage I

 • stage III: local or regional spread of the tumor

 ◦ IIIa: tumor invades the serosa of the body of the uterus and/or adnexa

 ◦ IIIb: vaginal or parametrial involvement

 ◦ IIIc:  pelvic or para-aortic lymphadenopathy

 ▪ IIIc1: positive pelvic nodes

 ▪ IIIc2: positive para-aortic nodes with or without pelvic nodes

 • stage IV: involvement of rectum and/or bladder mucosa and/or distant metastasis

 ◦ IVa: bladder or rectal mucosal involvement

 ◦ IVb: distant metastases, malignant ascites, peritoneal involvement

What is stage 3 ? 

- it is when the malignancy spreads to distant nodes or surrounding organs 

What is stage 4 ?

- Distant metastatis 

What is stage 1 ? 

When the carcer is confined to organ 

Disclaimer: This post doesn't suggest any kind of assurance.the classification system can change and kindly consult your doctor for your health . This post doesn't claim any kind of clinical diagnosis and treatment. For clinical diagnosis kindly consult your Doctor.