What is uterine cancer?

Uterine cancer is a primary or metastatic cancer (malignancy) involving the uterine corpus, sometimes called the uterine body or womb; and/or the cervix, which is the opening of the uterus into the vagina.

How do members experience uterine cancer?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with uterine cancer*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for uterine cancer*

*Data from patients with uterine cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with uterine cancer*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Abdominal hysterectomy)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
uterine cancer (1)

*Data from patients with uterine cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has uterine cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 9
40s 16
50s 36
60s 58
70+ 61

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1
Female 180

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What is uterine cancer?

Uterine cancer is a primary or metastatic cancer (malignancy) involving the uterine corpus, sometimes called the uterine body or womb; and/or the cervix, which is the opening of the uterus into the vagina.



Common symptoms reported by people with uterine cancer

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for uterine cancer

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Abdominal hysterectomy)
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
69
Tried for
uterine cancer (1)

Data from patients with uterine cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with uterine cancer

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Abdominal hysterectomy)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
uterine cancer (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with uterine cancer, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has uterine cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 101 say uterine cancer is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 9
40s 16
50s 36
60s 58
70+ 61
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 3
20-29 years 10
30-39 years 12
40-49 years 13
50-59 years 21
60-69 years 7
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1
Female 180

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 119
Not Diagnosed 4

These charts show data from uterine cancer patients who have completed their condition history
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