The uterus comprises the endometrium, myometrium, and perimetrium, among other layers. Damage or infection to the endometrium can result in regenerative disorders such as IUA and TE. Both IUA and TE ...

The relationship between these two endometrial disorders seems to have gone in a full circle; at the beginning of the 20th Century only one pathological definition (adenomyoma) was utilized to ...

Inflammation is a key modulator of physiologic processes and plays a pivotal role in responses to injury and infection and can be acute or chronic, local and/or systemic, and beneficial or detrimental ...

What Is Metastatic Endometrial Cancer? Metastatic endometrial cancer is when cancer that starts in the lining of the uterus (endometrium) spreads to other parts of the body. Your doctor may call it ...

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways Bleeding between periods can be caused by stress, poor nutrition, or ...

Clear cell endometrial cancer (endometrial CCC) is a rare type of womb cancer that can grow quickly. It typically affects people who have been through menopause. There are several types of womb cancer ...

The Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences are developing an easy, noninvasive test to detect endometrial cancer in women with abnormal vaginal bleeding. It analyzes vaginal fluid collected on tampons for ...

Inside your pelvis is an organ that plays an important role in your period, ability to get pregnant, and carry a pregnancy. As with other parts of your body, sometimes cancer cells can grow there. The ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health, parenting, and general health and ...

Uterine cancer and fibroids are both conditions that can affect the uterus. Uterine cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the lining of the uterus, while fibroids are noncancerous tumors that grow ...