what are the symptoms of uterine cancer?
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Symptoms of Uterine Cancer\n\nvaginal bleeding after menopause \nunusual vaginal bleeding or discharge \ndifficult or painful urination \npainful sexual intercourse \npelvic pain \n\nA woman should see a doctor if she has any of the following uterine cancer symptoms:\n\nUnusual vaginal bleeding or discharge: If you have gone through menopause it is very important to report unusual bleeding or spotting to your doctor. Although this symptom also can occur with hyperplasia and some other conditions, it should be checked by your doctor. The discharge might be bloody or it might be white.\n\nDifficult or painful urination\n\nPain during intercourse\n\nPelvic pain and/or mass and weight loss: These symptoms usually occur in the later stages of the disease. But delays in seeking medical help may allow the disease to progress even further, which lowers the chance for successful treatment.
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I was married when I was 20 years old I went to my honeymoonwhen I went to atlanta I started to had really bad pain in my stomach so my husband rush me to the ER, they told I was like 4 month pregnant and right there I know it couldnt be because I marry been a virgin. My husband took me to Arizona where they rush me to a hospital for a histerectomy. The doctor was so good with me that just took out the ovary that had clear cell carcinoma but she told me that i had to have a child before 3 years because the CA it was going to come back, I had 2 kids in a period of 3 years but I didnt take her advise and was back at the cancer hospital when I was 26 where I nearly died...  Was on chemo for 6 months. Right now Im in remision. Here is a descripction of ovarian cancer.\nOvarian cancer is disproportionately deadly for a number of reasons. First, symptoms are vague and non-specific, so women and their physicians frequently attribute them to more common conditions. By the time the cancer is diagnosed, the tumor has often spread beyond the ovaries. More than 60% of patients presenting with this disease already have stage III status.\n\nAlso, ovarian cancers shed malignant cells into the naturally occurring fluid with the abdominal cavity. These cells then have the potential to float in this fluid and frequently implant on other abdominal (peritoneal) structures includind the uterus, urinary bladder, bowel, and lining of the bowel wall (omentum). These cells can begin forming new tumor growths before cancer is even suspected.\n\nSecond, because no cost-effective screening test for ovarian cancer exists, more than 50 % of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed in the advanced stages of the disease.\n\nOvarian cancer is rarely diagnosed in its early stages; it is usually quite advanced by the time diagnosis is made. The outcome is often poor. The five-year survival rate for all stages is only 35 % to 38 %. If, however, diagnosis is made early in the disease, five-year survival rates can reach 90 % to 98 %. Germ Cell Ovarian Cancer has a much better prognosis, but is rarer.\n\nDespite this poor prognosis, patients should keep in mind that all such studies are retrospective in nature: i.e., they can only look into past results. Therefore they cannot take into account the benefits on survival that newer therapies may provide.
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Above anything I would consult your Doctor and possibly a Nutritionist about what foods may be helpful.  Here is some information I found on the net, hope it helps.  Good luck and God Bless!\n\nWhat happens after treatment for cancer of the uterus?\n\nRegular follow-up exams are very important for any woman who has been treated for cancer of the uterus. The doctor will want to watch the patient closely for several years to be sure that the cancer has not returned. In general, follow-up examinations include a pelvic exam, a chest x-ray, and laboratory tests.\n\nWhen people have cancer, life can change for them and for the people who care about them. These changes in daily life can be difficult to handle. When a woman finds out she has uterine cancer, a number of different and sometimes confusing emotions may appear.\n\nAt times, patients and family members may feel depressed, angry, or frightened. At other times, feelings may vary from hope to despair or from courage to fear. Patients usually are better able to cope with their emotions if they can talk openly about their illness and their feelings with family members and friends.\n\nConcerns about the future, as well as about medical tests, treatments, hospital stays, and medical bills, often arise. Talking to doctors, nurses, or other members of the health care team may help to ease fear and confusion. Patients can ask questions about their disease and its treatment and can take an active part in decisions about their medical care. Patients and family members often find it helpful to write down questions for the doctor as they think of them. Taking notes during visits to the doctor also can help patients remember what was said. Patients should ask the doctor to repeat or explain more fully anything that is not clear.\n\nPatients have many important questions to ask about cancer, and their doctor is the best person to provide answers. Most people ask what kind of cancer they have, how it is treated, and how successful the treatment is likely to be.\n\nMany women become concerned, especially after surgery and radiation therapy, that the changes to their bodies will affect how other people feel about them. They may worry about working, caring for their family, or about how cancer and its treatment will affect their sex life. Usually, as the patient recovers, the changes to her body become more accepted. With love and support, patients gradually feel reassured that they are just as appreciated as before.\n\nThe patient's doctor is the best person to give advice about working or other activities, but it may be hard to talk to the doctor about feelings and other very personal matters. Many patients find it helpful to talk with others who are facing similar problems. This kind of help is available through cancer- related support groups, such as those described in the next section. If the emotional problems of the patient or family become too hard to handle, a mental health counselor may be able to help.\n\nhttp://www.medicinenet.com/uterine_cancer/page5.htm\n\nCancer Information Service (CIS)\n1-800-4-CANCER\n\nThe Cancer Information Service, a program of the National Cancer Institute, is a nationwide telephone service for cancer patients, their families and friends, the public, and health care professionals. The staff can answer questions in English and Spanish and can send booklets about cancer. They also know about local resources and services. One toll-free number, 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237), connects callers with the office that serves their area.\n\nAmerican Cancer Society (ACS)\n1599 Clifton Road, N.E. \nAtlanta, GA 30329\n1-800-ACS-2345
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Go to the Dr. immediately.  My Mom had one and it turn out to be cancer.  Please go today.
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Signs and Symptoms of Stomach Cancer \n\nUnfortunately, early-stage stomach cancer rarely causes symptoms. This is one of the reasons why stomach cancer is so difficult to detect early. The signs and symptoms of stomach cancer include: \n\nunintended weight loss and lack of appetite \nabdominal pain \nvague discomfort in the abdomen, usually above the navel \na sense of fullness in the upper abdomen, just below the chest bone after eating a small meal. \nheartburn, indigestion, or ulcer-type symptoms \nnausea \nvomiting, with or without blood \nswelling of the abdomen due to accumulation of fluid and cancer cells. \nSome of these symptoms can occur with non-cancerous conditions, such as a stomach virus, or with other types of cancer. However, people who have any of these problems that persist should check with their doctor for an appropriate evaluation and diagnosis.. \n\nSince symptoms of stomach cancer often do not appear until the disease is advanced, only about 10% to 20% of stomach cancers in the United States are found in the early stages, before they have spread to other areas of the body. \n\nNo doubt with these illustrations above it could be masked by antacids.\n               TESTS FOR STOMACH CANCER \n\nEndoscopy is the main procedure used to diagnose stomach cancer when people have certain risk factors for gastric cancer or when signs and symptoms of this disease are present. \n\nEndoscopy Procedures \n\nUpper endoscopy: While you are sedated (made sleepy), a doctor puts a thin, flexible, lighted tube called an endoscope down your throat. This instrument allows the doctor to view the lining of your esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine. If abnormalities are noted, biopsies (tissue samples) can be taken. Small (less than 1/8 inch) tissue samples can be removed using instruments operated through the endoscope. The tissue samples are examined under a microscope to see if cancer is present and, if so, what type of cancer. Because you are sedated, this test is not uncomfortable. \n\nWhen viewed through an endoscope, stomach cancer can appear as an ulcer, a mushroom-shaped or protruding mass, or a flat, thickened area of mucosa known as linitis plastica. Linitis plastica is more difficult to recognize in its earliest stages, and only a biopsy of a suspicious area will produce an accurate diagnosis. \n\nImaging Studies \n\nBarium upper gastrointestinal radiographs: For this test, people drink a barium-containing solution that coats the lining of the esophagus, stomach, and first portion of the small intestine (called the upper GI). The radiologist then takes multiple x-ray pictures. Because x-rays can’t pass through the coating of barium, this will outline any abnormalities of the lining of these organs. To identify early stomach cancer, a "double contrast" technique is commonly used. The patient swallows a thin tube and air is pumped into the stomach after the barium solution. This makes the barium coating very thin, so even small abnormalities will show up. \n\nEndoscopic ultrasound: Ultrasonography uses sound waves to produce images of internal organs. A transducer emits sound waves and detects the echoes bounced off internal organs. The pattern of echoes is processed by a computer to produce images. \n\nUltrasound can also be done with a probe placed into the stomach through the mouth or nose. This is called endoscopic ultrasound. It is used to estimate how far cancer has spread into the wall of the stomach, to nearby tissues, and to nearby lymph nodes. \n\nComputed tomography (CT): The CT scan is an x-ray procedure that produces detailed cross-sectional images of your body. Instead of taking one picture, like a conventional x-ray, a CT scanner takes many pictures as it rotates around you. A computer then combines these pictures into an image of a slice of your body. The machine takes pictures of multiple slices of the part of your body being studied. \n\nCT scans show the stomach fair
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Symptoms are dependent on the size of  the tumor.  They can include any of the following:\nheadaches\nnausea and vomiting\nchoked discs in the spinal column\nconvulsions\nlethargy\ndrowsiness\npersonality changes\npsychotic episodes
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That is a question that you should check with your GYN....it's not normal and there can be lots of causes for it, but you should get it checked out.  Uterine cancer can cause that, as well as polyps in the uterus,  a number of hormone inbalances.....and I am sure a number of things....please get it checked out.....time is of the essence with some very treatable conditions....don't wait too long!!  Good Luck!
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First of all don't believe what that first doc said. My grandma had pain and it ended up being cancer. I am not trying to worry you, but keep up on having that checked out. Second of all i get pains as well. however its usually because its when my period comes. One more thing. If you ever get more lumps, Always have them checked out. My mom had a lump in her neck. Docs told her not to worry. 10 years later the thing grows so big that they think that she had cancer. Thank God it was not, but they had to remove it and had to do a nerve graft. She was unable to move her right arm. ALWAYS get a second opinion. Wish you well.
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Many things, but most likely fibroids. Fibroids are benign tumors that grow in the uterus. Many women have them, and most don't even know they do.
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Adenomyosis (also referred to as Endometriosis Interna) can cause the uterus to appear boggy and enlarged.  While a diagnosis of adenomyosis can be based on a collection of symptoms and appearances on diagnostic tests, the only absolute diagnosis is through hysterectomy, which is also the cure for the disorder (no uterus=no adenomyosis).\n\nSometimes oral contraceptives or other hormonal agents can help shink the uterus, but symptoms (including pelvic pain and heavy blood loss during menses) may continue.  See your doc to be certain of what you might be dealing with and obtain the proper treatment.
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Yes, cervix cancer when I was just 17. It kills 300,000 women a year!\n\nLesson learned, take care of your body! Notice small things and get them looked at and taken care of. It might be nothing, but then again it might be something life-threatening!
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The Mayo Clinic has an article that is very detailed, including signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment, etc.\n\nhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/menorrhagia/DS00394
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After you had the abortion, did you start an oral contraceptive that may be causing these symptoms?  I think if there was tissue still in your uterus, you would be bleeding more heavilly & for a longer amount of time; the cramping would also be getting worse.  Have you seen a doctor since the abortion?
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General Information About Cervical Cancer\n\nCervical cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the cervix.\n\nThe cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a fetus grows). The cervix leads from the uterus to the vagina (birth canal).\n\nCervical cancer usually develops slowly over time. Before cancer appears in the cervix, the cells of the cervix go through changes known as dysplasia, in which cells that are not normal begin to appear in the cervical tissue. Later, cancer cells start to grow and spread more deeply into the cervix and to surrounding areas.\n\nHuman papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the major risk factor for development of cervical cancer.\n\nInfection of the cervix with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common cause of cervical cancer. Not all women with HPV infection, however, will develop cervical cancer. Women who do not regularly have a Pap smear to detect HPV or abnormal cells in the cervix are at increased risk of cervical cancer.\n\nOther possible risk factors include the following:\n\n    * Giving birth to many children.\n    * Having many sexual partners.\n    * Having first sexual intercourse at a young age.\n    * Smoking cigarettes.\n    * Oral contraceptive use ("the Pill").\n    * Weakened immune system.\nThere are usually no noticeable signs of early cervical cancer but it can be detected early with yearly check-ups.\n\nEarly cervical cancer may not cause noticeable signs or symptoms. Women should have yearly check-ups, including a Pap smear to check for abnormal cells in the cervix. The prognosis (chance of recovery) is better when the cancer is found early.\n\nPossible signs of cervical cancer include vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain.\n\nThese and other symptoms may be caused by cervical cancer. Other conditions may cause the same symptoms. A doctor should be consulted if any of the following problems occur:\n\n    * Vaginal bleeding.\n    * Unusual vaginal discharge.\n    * Pelvic pain.\n    * Pain during sexual intercourse.\n\nTests that examine the cervix are used to detect (find) and diagnose cervical cancer.\n\nThe following procedures may be used:\n\n    * Pap smear: A procedure to collect cells from the surface of the cervix and vagina. A piece of cotton, a brush, or a small wooden stick is used to gently scrape cells from the cervix and vagina. The cells are viewed under a microscope to find out if they are abnormal. This procedure is also called a Pap test.\n    * Colposcopy: A procedure to look inside the vagina and cervix for abnormal areas. A colposcope (a thin, lighted tube) is inserted through the vagina into the cervix. Tissue samples may be taken for biopsy.\n    * Biopsy: If abnormal cells are found in a Pap smear, the doctor may do a biopsy. A sample of tissue is cut from the cervix and viewed under a microscope by a pathologist to check for signs of cancer. A biopsy that removes only a small amount of tissue is usually done in the doctor’s office. A woman may need to go to a hospital for a cervical cone biopsy (removal of a larger, cone-shaped sample of cervical tissue).\n    * Pelvic exam: An exam of the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and rectum. The doctor or nurse inserts one or two lubricated, gloved fingers of one hand into the vagina and the other hand is placed over the lower abdomen to feel the size, shape, and position of the uterus and ovaries. A speculum is also inserted into the vagina and the doctor or nurse looks at the vagina and cervix for signs of disease. A Pap test or Pap smear of the cervix is usually done. The doctor or nurse also inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum to feel for lumps or abnormal areas.\n    * Endocervical curettage: A procedure to collect cells or tissue from the cervical canal using a curette (spoon-shaped instrument). Tissue samples may be taken for biopsy. This procedure is sometimes done at the same time as
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Signs and symptoms\nCommon symptoms of PCOS include\n\nOligomenorrhea, amenorrhea - irregular, few, or absent menstrual periods; cycles that do occur may comprise heavy bleeding (check with a gynecologist because heavy bleeding is also an early warning sign of endometrial cancer, for which women with PCOS are at higher risk) \nInfertility, generally resulting from chronic anovulation (lack of ovulation) \nElevated serum (blood) levels of androgens (male hormones), specifically testosterone, androstenedione, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), causing hirsutism and occasionally masculinization \nCentral obesity - "apple-shaped" obesity centered around the lower half of the torso \nAndrogenic alopecia (male-pattern baldness) \nAcne, oily skin, seborrhea \nAcanthosis nigricans (dark patches of skin, tan to dark brown or black) \nAcrochordons (skin tags) - tiny flaps of skin \nProlonged periods of PMS-like symptoms (bloating, mood swings, pelvic pain, backaches) \nSleep apnea \n\nSigns are:\n\nMultiple cysts on the ovaries. Sonographically they may look like a string of pearls. \nEnlarged ovaries, generally 1.5 to 3 times larger than normal, resulting from multiple cysts \nThickened, smooth, pearl-white outer surface of ovary \nChronic pelvic pain, possibly due to pelvic crowding from enlarged ovaries; however, the actual cause is not yet known \nThe ratio of LH (Luteinizing hormone) to FSH (Follicle stimulating hormone) is greater than 1:1, as tested on Day 3 of the menstrual cycle. \nHigh levels of testosterone. \nLow levels of sex hormone binding globulin. \nHyperinsulinemia.
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I had a total hysterectomy in April of 2005 because of ovarian cancer. I had a mastectomy 16 years ago-breast cancer-so our situations are similar. I had already gone through menopause when I had breast cancer so that was not an issue after my hysterectomy. The hysterectomy wasn't pleasant but it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. There was soreness for 3 or 4 weeks. I picked up an infection  after I returned home from the hospital where my surgery was done and ended up in the hospital here at home for 3 days. The antibiotic made me sick but once I was through taking it, I felt much better. My surgery was done by a GYN oncology surgeon and he must have done a good job because, since the second of  6 chemo treatments (which I finished  9/05) my CA125 results have been perfectly normal. In fact, I had my Mediport removed this past Thurs. as my onologist saw no further need for it.\n I've tried to touch on info you might be imterested in but if you want to talk, please contact me.
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The most common symptoms of cervical cancer would be pain and cervical bleeding with intercourse. The most common sign would be visualization of abnormal cervical tissue after colposcopy. Depending on the stage and involvement of the cancer, other symptoms such as leg swelling, contipation and urinary frequency can occur.