Word: endometrium
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...Lower blood-lipid levels --Decreased risk of hormone-related cancers of the breast, ovaries, endometrium and prostate --Relief from menopausal symptoms...
...that she suffered from the same insidious condition: endometriosis, an often unrecognized disease that afflicts anywhere from 4 million to 10 million American women and is a major cause of infertility. The condition is caused by the spread and growth of tissue from the lining of the uterus (or endometrium) beyond the uterine walls. These endometrial cells form bandlike patches and scars throughout the pelvis and around the ovaries and Fallopian tubes, resulting in a variety of symptoms and degrees of discomfort. Because endometriosis has been associated with delayed childbearing, it is sometimes called the "career woman's disease...
...years for women smokers. According to the results of a study of 1,237 women, published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, older women who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes a day have only about half the risk of developing cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) that their nonsmoking peers have. The report, by a team of researchers from several medical centers, on closer examination gives smokers little reason to celebrate...
...haunted, however, by its own early tests of Depo-Provera in animals. In a seven-year, controlled study using beagles, two out of 16 dogs developed breast cancer. Results from a ten-year study using 52 rhesus monkeys were equally alarming: two of the animals developed cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus). Upjohn's own scientists concluded in 1978 that the cancer was "likely related to treatment with Depo-Provera." Later that year the FDA refused to allow Upjohn to market the drug as a contraceptive, though it is approved for treating certain diseases...
...Cancer of the inner lining of the uterus (the endometrium) can usually be cured if it is diagnosed early enough. But that is a big if. The simple Pap smear, which is effective for detecting cancer of the cervix (neck of the uterus), cannot always pick up endometrial cancer. Dilatation and curettage, used to obtain cells from the uterine lining for analysis, requires hospitalization and is impractical unless the disease is already suspected. By then it may be too late; endometrial cancer kills about 3,500 American women a year. The Gravlee Jet Washer, a new device now being marketed...