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Staging of Endometrial Cancer |
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Your doctors will determine the “grade” of your cancer, which is how it looks under the microscope. If 95% or more looks like glands of normal endometrial tissue, it is called grade 1. Grade 2 tumors have between 6% and 50% normal-looking gland formations. Cancers with fewer than 50% are grade 3.
A process called staging is used to determine how much your cancer has spread and what treatment options will be considered. According to the National Cancer Institute, the following stages are used for endometrial cancer.
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Stage I: The cancer is limited to the body of the uterus and has not spread to lymph nodes or distant sites.
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Stage IA: The cancer is in the earliest form and limited to the endometrium (inner lining)
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Stage IB: The cancer has spread into the inner half of the myometrium (muscular wall of the uterus)
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Stage IC: The cancer has spread into the outer half of the myometrium.
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Stage II: The cancer has spread from the body of the uterus to the cervix, but not to lymph nodes or distant sites.
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Stage III: The cancer has spread beyond the uterus and cervix, but has not spread outside the pelvic area.
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Stage IIIA: The cancer has spread to outermost layer of uterus, tissue just beyond the uterus and/or the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity)
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Stage IIIB: The cancer has spread to the vagina.
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Stage IIIC: The cancer has spread to lymph nodes near the uterus.
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Stage IV: The cancer has spread beyond the pelvic area.
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Stage IVA: The cancer has spread to the bladder and/or bowel wall.
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Stage IVB: The cancer has spread to organs beyond the pelvic area, including lymph nodes in the abdomen and/or groin.
Learn More About Endometrial Cancer
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Gynecologic Cancer Unit
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
(866) 773-2703 |