Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Endometrial and Uterine Cancer Staging

Stage I:endometrial cancer confined to the body of the uterus (no cervical spread)

Stage II:endometrial cancer which has spread to the cervix (but not outside the uterus)

Stage III:endometrial cancer outside the uterus, but confined to the pelvis (but not in the bladder or rectum), cancer may have spread to pelvic lymph nodes

Stage IV:endometrial cancer which has spread to the bladder or rectum, or has distant metastasis (spread) to other organs