Maria Lozano was already well into menopause when she started experiencing the most common symptom of endometrial cancer (also known as uterine cancer): abnormal vaginal bleeding.
“After 10 years of not having my period, suddenly I was bleeding again,” says Maria, who was 59 at the time of her stage III endometrial cancer diagnosis. “My sister told me I needed to see a doctor.”
Kirsten Arendes had a similar experience,...
When Josephine Spence experienced a sudden, agonizing pain in her right calf, her husband and daughter urged her to go to the hospital right...
If you need an omentectomy as a part of your cancer treatment, you probably have a lot of questions.
To learn more about who needs...
If you’ve been told you need an endometrial biopsy, you probably have some questions. Why has it been ordered? What will it involve? And, most importantly, what will the results show your doctors?
We sat down with gynecologic oncologist Larissa Meyer, M.D., to learn more.
What is an endometrial biopsy?It’s a very simple, in-office procedure that allows doctors to obtain a sample of the cells that form the lining of the...
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As a cancer surgeon and researcher, I’ve poured my heart and soul into making a difference for patients over the past 20 years. Recently,...
A hysterectomy is a common procedure used to treat gynecologic cancers, like ovarian cancer, cervical cancer and endometrial cancer, and other...
When I was diagnosed with clear cell endometrial carcinoma — a rare type of uterine cancer — in late July, there was no question as to where...
The past few months have been a little hard for me. For one thing, there’s the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For another, I was diagnosed with...
Julia Pitts knew something was wrong when, at age 62, she started bleeding and cramping.
“I thought when my menopause ended years earlier...