Q. How long can you live with uterine cancer?
Doctor Answer is medically reviewed by SecondMedic medical review team.
Uterine cancer, otherwise known as endometrial cancer, is the fourth most common type of cancer among women in the United States. How long a person can live with uterine cancer depends on a number of factors such as the stage of diagnosis and type and aggressiveness of the tumor.
For patients diagnosed in an early stage (stage I or II), survival rate after five years is over 80 percent. Abdominal hysterectomy (surgical removal of uterus and surrounding tissues) along with radiation therapy may be done to treat early-stage uterine cancers. When detected at later stages (III or IV), when some cancerous cells have spread beyond the uterus including lymph nodes, prognosis becomes poor. Treatment options include surgery followed by chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation therapy or a combination thereof depending on individual patient's responses and objectives for treatment.
In general, those who are diagnosed at earlier stages have much better outcomes compared to those who are identified late; however it is also important to note that primary treatments may still differ between two individuals even if they were both initially identified at early stages because certain types of tumors tend to be more aggressive than others which might require harsher measures if needed. Even among patients where diagnosis was made in later stages - meaning where some cells have already spread outside uterus – there are cases that respond well to certain treatments leading them towards better survivability rates compared with averages reported in literature; thanks to advances made within field of medicine together with providing proper care tailored specifically for each individual case will help these patients prolong their lives significantly more than what was possible before recent advancements we made within medical science today!
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