Sentences with phrase «for endometrial cancer»

For example, women who smoked experienced a 53 percent drop in risk for endometrial cancer while on an oral contraceptive.

As for endometrial cancers — tumors of the uterine lining — the benefit was even greater for women with less healthy lifestyle habits.

Published in the April issue of Gynecologic Oncology, the official publication of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, the findings indicate obesity may be a modifiable risk factor for endometrial cancer, and bariatric surgery a viable option for eligible patients.

According to the authors, the new findings provide a roadmap for future clinical trials for endometrial cancer.

An endometrial biopsy can be performed to determine if your endometrial tissue is in the correct phase or to test for endometrial cancer.

According to the study from the U.S. National Cancer Institute, these trends were also observed for endometrial cancer as well.

But... there's not one life insurance company that's right for all endometrial cancer survivors or patients.

Women with PCOS are at increased risk for endometrial cancer.

Another review found that at least one cup each day was associated with 15 % reduced risk for liver cancer and an 8 % reduced risk for endometrial cancer.

In fact, its findings conflict with the results of several other published studies that showed no association between consumption of sugar and risk for endometrial cancer.

The authors suggest that HAND2 methylation «could be applied to triage women who present with postmenopausal bleeding (currently ~ 90 % of women who present with this symptom and are cancer - free must undergo endometrial biopsy for a definitive diagnosis) and could be further employed as a test to early detect or even predict the risk for endometrial cancer and response to preventative treatment.»

«Birth control thins out your endometrial lining, decreasing your risk for endometrial cancer,» explains Dr. Lerner.

«Tamoxifen can cause vaginal bleeding and increase risk for endometrial cancer, so we make sure breast cancer patients [taking it] see a gynecologist on a regular basis,» says Dr. Andrews.

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In addition to irregular cycles, women with PCOS are at increased risk for endometrial cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.

And obese women who were on the pill saw an even greater benefit — a 64 percent reduction in risk for endometrial cancers, the team reported.