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ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cancer of the uterine lining
Synonyms:
endometrial cancer; endometrial carcinoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("endometrial cancer" is a kind of...):
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
Context examples:
A regimen consisting of cisplatin, doxorubicin and paclitaxel used for the treatment of advanced stage or recurrent endometrial cancer.
(Cisplatin-Doxorubicin-Paclitaxel Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
The stromal invasion has a maximum depth of 3.00 mm and a horizontal spread of 7.00 mm or less; there is no FIGO stage IA1 for endometrial cancer.
(FIGO Stage IA1, NCI Thesaurus)
FIGO no longer includes stage 0 cervical or endometrial cancer.
(FIGO Stage 0, NCI Thesaurus)
The stromal invasion is more than 3.00 mm but no more than 5.00 mm with a horizontal spread of 7.00 mm or less; there is no FIGO stage A2 for endometrial cancer.
(FIGO Stage IA2, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to prevent endometrial cancer.
(Medroxyprogesterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)
A drug used to treat advanced breast and endometrial cancer.
(Megace, NCI Dictionary)
It is used to treat breast and endometrial cancer, and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
(Megestrol, NCI Dictionary)
It is being evaluated in the treatment of endometrial cancer.
(Danazol, NCI Dictionary)
For cervical cancer, it refers to cancer with distant metastases, including peritoneal involvement, involvement of the supraclavicular or mediastinal lymph nodes, and metastases to the lung, bone, or liver; for endometrial cancer, it refers to cancer with distant metastases, including metastases to the inguinal lymph nodes, intraperitoneal involvement, or metastases to the lung, bone, or liver.
(FIGO Stage IVB, NCI Thesaurus)
For cervical cancer, it refers to invasive cancer that is confined to the cervix; for endometrial cancer, it refers to cancer confined to the corpus uteri with no or less than one-half myometrial invasion (IA) or invasion of one-half or more of the myometrium (IB).
(FIGO Stage I, NCI Thesaurus)
