Talk:Endometrial cancer/Archive 1

Proposed merge
Endometrial carcinoma is a very specific type of uterine cancer that should be kept separate from others, for example, carcinoma of cervix or rhabdomyosarcoma of uterus. The treatment and prognosis of these different malignant diseases are very different.


 * Agree with unsigned post above. Also, note that the title of this page ("endometrial cancer") is not synonymous with "endometrial carcinoma", since that term refers to cancers arising from the epithelial componant of the endometrium, while endometrial stromal tumors and endometrial carcinosarcomas (both of which are not discussed on this page) are also endometrial cancers, though certainly less common than endometrial carcinomas. -RustavoTalk/Contribs 19:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Human reproduction
I propose removing this article from Category:Human reproduction. I have proposed narrowing the scope of that category at Category talk:Human reproduction. Please comment on the category talk page. Lyrl Talk C 15:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Absurd
By the same line of thought you should lump all types of disorders together based on the organ it affects. Which is absurd. There are different reasons why certain cancers are formed, and should be classified seperately... if doctors did not believe that one type of cancer was different from another type they would not give them different names ie: Testicular Cancer, and Prostate Cancer. I seriously can't believe someone was suggesting this.

Daddakamabb 17:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)Daddakamabb 05/13/07

More absurd
Smoking reduces the risk slightly in postmenopausal women, particularly in women on HRT:. Can't read the entire article, but I can imagine it has to do either with nicotine interfering with oestrogen action or nicotine keeps the weight off (EC being associated with obesity). JFW | T@lk  11:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Clean-up of Causes section
I fail to understand how my changes have done more harm than good. If you will list the problems you find with my edits, we can work collaboratively to improve what was material in need of clean-up. HighSkyFlying (talk) 15:40, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Cite Needed for Survival Stats
I have seen survival stats that were different than those reported here. The American Cancer Society distinguishes between "endometrial adenocarcinoma," and "uterine carcinosarcoma." The former has higher survival rates--e.g., 60% for Stage III, compared to 30% for Stage III. Also, it should be made clear that the prognosis may vary *within* a stage (e.g., there is Ia, Ib, Ic, IIa, IIb, etc.). The ACS stats are found here: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_endometrial_cancer_staged.asp?sitearea= I am not familiar with the editing procedures here, and don't really have time to learn at the moment, but I hope that someone perhaps more informed than I will provide a more nuanced discussion of these survival stats soon. As a "survivor" myself, I can say that it completely freaked me out to see these figures; they weren't what I was told for my "adenocarcinoma." The Wiki site comes up almost first in a google search, so I think it is really important that it be correct. LLProf (talk) 18:43, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * was done Wiki CRUK John (talk) 11:35, 28 July 2014 (UTC)