What You Need to Know About Cancer of the Uterus
The Uterus
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Introduction to Cancer of the Uterus
Cancer of the uterus is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has written this booklet to help women with cancer of the uterus and their families and friends better understand this disease. We hope others will read it as well to learn more about cancer of the uterus.This booklet discusses symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. It also has information about resources and sources of support to help women cope with cancer of the uterus.
Our knowledge of cancer of the uterus keeps increasing.
For up-to-date information or to order this publication,
call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer
Information Service (CIS).
The toll-free number is
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
The number for callers with
TTY equipment is 1-800-332-8615.
The CIS staff uses a National Cancer Institute cancer information database called PDQ and other NCI resources to answer callers' questions. Cancer Information Specialists can send callers information from PDQ and other NCI materials about cancer, its treatment, and living with the disease. The CIS and other sources of information from NCI can be found in the Resources section. Reprinted from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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