Endometrial cancer

Abdominal hysterectomy will cure cancer of the endometrium confined to the body of the uterus. If the tumour has spread beyond the uterus, adjuvant therapy will be needed. The likelihood of such spread can be predicted from postoperative histologic examination of the uterus or discovered by surgical staging. Surgical staging does not appear to be curative or to reduce the need for adjuvant therapy. Prognosis depends on the grade and location of the tumour in the uterus and the extent of invasion into the myometrium or beyond the uterus, and not on the removal of occult metastases.