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Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer Overview

Tissue that has been taken out is looked at under a microscope to see whether there are cancer cells in it. If cancer is found, the cells will be studied to learn more about the cancer. The lab report will give these details. The lab will also give a grade to the cancer. If most of the cancer cells look like normal tissue, it's given a grade 1. If most of the cells look very different from normal cells, it's given a grade of 3. Grade 2 tumors fall somewhere in between. The grade is important because women with lower. | Endometrial Uterine Cancer Overview The information that follows is an overview of this type of cancer. It is based on the more detailed information in our document Endometrial Uterine Cancer. This document and other information can be obtained by calling 1-800-227-2345 or visiting our Web site at www.cancer.org. What is cancer The body is made up of trillions of living cells. Normal body cells grow divide and die in an orderly way. During the early years of a person s life normal cells divide faster to allow the person to grow. After the person becomes an adult most cells divide only to replace worn-out damaged or dying cells. Cancer begins when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control. There are many kinds of cancer but they all start because of this out-of-control growth of abnormal cells. Cancer cell growth is different from normal cell growth. Instead of dying cancer cells keep on growing and form new cancer cells. These cancer cells can grow into invade other tissues something that normal cells cannot do. Being able to grow out of control and invade other tissues are what makes a cell a cancer cell. In most cases the cancer cells form a tumor. But some cancers like leukemia rarely form tumors. Instead these cancer cells are in the blood and bone marrow. When cancer cells get into the bloodstream or lymph vessels they can travel to other parts of the body. There they begin to grow and form new tumors that replace normal tissue. This process is called metastasis muh-tas-tuh-sis . No matter where a cancer may spread it is always named for the place where it started. For instance breast cancer that has spread to the liver is still called breast cancer not liver cancer. Likewise prostate cancer that has spread to the bone is called metastatic prostate cancer not bone cancer. Different types of cancer can behave very differently. For example lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different rates and respond to .