What is cancer of the uterus?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 28, 2004 -- Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells don't function right, divide very fast, and produce too much tissue that forms a tumor.

Cancer of the uterus is cancer in the womb, the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows during a woman's pregnancy.

There are different types of uterine cancers.

Two types are endometrial cancer and uterine sarcomas.

In the United States, endometrial cancer is a common cancer of the female reproductive system.

This type of cancer happens when cancer begins in the tissue lining the uterus (endometrium).

Uterine sarcomas occur when cancer grows in the muscles or other supporting tissues in the uterus.

Uterine sarcomas account for only a small portion of cancers of the uterus.

more about cancer of the uterus:

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