title: Endometrial cancer: risk factors and diagnosis.
abstract: Endometrial cancer occurs more frequently than any other cancer of the female reproductive tract. The overall five-year survival rate for patients with endometrial carcinoma in a series of 13,000 patients was 68%. If diagnosed with Stage I disease, the patient's five-year survival increases to 75% (17). Early diagnosis of uterine cancer is accomplished by physician recognition of risk factors, symptoms and signs.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate