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Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer
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Citations
Chu CS, et al. (2008). Cancers of the uterine body. In VT DeVita et al., eds., DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1543–1563. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
National Cancer Institute (2010). Endometrial Cancer Treatment (PDQ): Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/endometrial/healthprofessional.
Mutch DG (2008). Uterine cancer. In RS Gibbs et al., eds., Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 1002–1021. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Smith RA, et al. (2010). Cancer screening in the United States, 2010: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and issues in cancer screening. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 60: 99–119.
Schmeler KM, et al. (2006). Prophylactic surgery to reduce the risk of gynecologic cancers in the Lynch syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine, 354(3): 261–269.
American Joint Committee on Cancer (2010). Corpus uteri. In AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 7th ed., pp. 403–418. New York: Springer.
Other Works Consulted
American Cancer Society (2010). Cancer Facts and Figures 2010. Atlanta: American Cancer Society. Available online:http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-026238.pdf.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2005, reaffirmed 2009). Management of endometrial cancer. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 65. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106(2): 413–425.
McMeekin DS, et al. (2009). Corpus: Epithelial tumors. In RR Barakat et al., eds., Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, 5th ed., chap. 23, pp. 683–732. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
National Cancer Institute (2008). Uterine Sarcoma PDQ: Treatment – Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/uterinesarcoma/HealthProfessional.
National Cancer Institute (2010). Endometrial Cancer PDQ: Treatment – Patient Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/endometrial/Patient.
National Cancer Institute (2010). Uterine Sarcoma PDQ: Treatment – Patient Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/uterinesarcoma/Patient.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: November 29, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine Ross Berkowitz, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
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