Uterine Cancer News

“Within a couple of days, I noticed the difference. I could sleep better.”

From sex drive to a good night sleep, aging can cause a lot of problems for you. via ABC Action News

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“Feeling like a woman was getting kind of tough”

Shiny strips of foil spiked out of Mary Cameron's soon-to-be copper-toned locks. via The Flint Journal

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“A lot of people have been spending a lot of time and effort to develop a viable screening test for ovarian cancer”

After Beatrice Robertson watched ovarian cancer cut down her former college roommate at the age of 52, the Milford woman did not hesitate to have her own ovaries - along with the rest of her reproductive organs - removed when she learned that she, too, was at high risk for the cancer known as the silent killer.

But Robertson hopes her daughters, both in their early 20s, will have a better choice.

While mammograms and Pap tests can save lives by unmasking breast and cervical cancer - other leading killers of women - in their treatable stages, there is no simple way to find ovarian cancer before it's too late. Read more

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“You go through all this, and you don't get touched very much.”

After three rounds of chemotherapy, surgery, 30 'hits' of radiation therapy and three more rounds of chemotherapy -- all within the past year -- Mollie Yunker knows the toll that uterine cancer takes on the ... via The Courier-Journal

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“Only 2 percent of women who use contraception in the United States choose an IUD, despite the proven safety and effectiveness of this long-term contraception”

Intrauterine devices are not only among the most effective contraceptives, but they also can help protect women from a cancer of the uterus called endometrial cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday. via News Max

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“Research is showing that it has health benefits far beyond preventing pregnancy.”

Intrauterine devices are not only among the most effective contraceptives, but they also can help protect women from a cancer of the uterus called endometrial cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday. via Reuters

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HUNTERDON MEDICAL CENTER and the Clinton Book Shop will host a cancer-risk workshop from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 22 at the Clinton Book Shop, 33 Main St., Clinton Town. via Home News Tribune - State

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“With the brain, you have to be precise”

Before the recent arrival of two sophisticated cancer-treatment regimens in the Rio Grande Valley, patients frequently had to travel outside the region to obtain them. via Valley Morning Star

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“I feel very blessed. The doctor said for me to thank the God above”

Thursday, May 01, 2008 Story last updated at 5/1/2008 - 1:58 am Ovarian cancer was once known as a "silent killer" because it was believed that it caused no symptoms. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

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“The very first day I was diagnosed I was shopping and ran into her”

When Judy Sekinger was diagnosed with the early stages of uterine cancer, the single mother of three underwent a hysterectomy and managed to run her businesses during her recovery. via ThisWeek Community Newspapers

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