Why should women be concerned about endometrial cancer?
Endometrial cancer is the most common female genital tract malignancy and more than 42,000 cases are diagnosed each year. One in 142 women will be diagnosed with cancer of the cervix uteri during their lifetime. Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common in women (behind lung, breast and colon) and an estimated 7,400 deaths are expected in 2007 (twice as many as cervical cancer).