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UTERUS CANCER

Cancer of uterus

This cancer is the number one in frequency of the Gynecological tumors in the woman and quarter in frequency in the woman.

It appears with greater incidence in women of 60 years or 70 years.

The women who plus suffer it are those of the developed countries and a 80% of them already are in the menopause.

Less of a 5% of the cases of uterus cancer they happen in smaller women of 40 years.

Factors of risk

HORMONES:

Exhibition of the body of the woman during long time to feminine hormones as they are the estrogens. The risk is 4 or 8 times greater than the one of the population of women not exposed.

Syndrome of Stein-Leventhal.

Infertility and nuliparidad. The continuous stimulus that the hormones exert on the uterus when this one does not get to lodge a son, has been considered like risk factor.

MENSTRUAL ALTERATIONS And MENSTRUAL CYCLES ANOVULATORIOS: that is to say, or that the woman menstrúa but does not ovulate or that the menstrual cycle of the woman is altered so much in delays or advances as in bled amount of.

OBESITY, DIABETES, ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION And EXHIBITION To RADIATION: they have been related to the generation of uterus cancer.

OTHER CANCERS IN THE FAMILY: Familiar history of appearance of other types of cancer, as it is the case of having familiar history of breast cancer, colon or rectum. To have suffered a type of ovarian Tumor, the one that is originated in the layer of the granulose.

The women who have a disease of the liver outpost maintain levels in estrogen blood greater than the habitual ones, being this a factor of risk for the uterus cancer.

Prevention

The cancer is curable if it is detected on time; luckyly, most frequent they are easiest to detect by means of simple examinations.

The control of the uterus cancer is carried out by means of the Papanicolau in average every 6 months or a year, according to indicates the doctor.

It agrees to make this study after the beginning of the active sexual life.

Precocious diagnosis of the uterus cancer: 1. - Pelvic exploration.

Every 3 years between the 20-40 years

Annual over the 40 years

2. - Cytology in the menopause in groups of high risk

3. - High risk:

Infertility

Obesity

Ovulatorios upheavals

Estrogénico treatment

Metrorragias

Other factors of prevention are:

The pregnancies that take upon maturity.

When the beginning of the menstruation (menarquía) happens over the 15 years.

The use of oral contraceptives

Although the use of the tobacco in women seems a contradiction who have had the menopause has described themselves as protective factor or is associated at least to a smaller incidence of uterus cancer.

Treatment

The combination of chemotherapy and rays can reduce the risk of death to half.

The operation is treatment of routine for the first stages of the cancer in the uterus neck. The ray therapy is used when badly it has propagated.

The medicines cause that the tumor is more vulnerable to rays and has less force to recover of the damages.

The Cisplatina, a usually used medicine in chemotherapy, works better in combination with the ray therapy.

The collateral effects of the combination of therapies include nauseas, vomits and anemia in degree very superior to which the women experience who are only put under ray therapy.

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