Endometrial Cancer Flashcards
What are the histological types of Endometrial Cancer?
1) Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
2) Endometrial carcinoma with squamous differentiation
3) Mucinous type
4) Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma (UPSC)
5) Clear Cell Carcinoma (CCC)
6) Squamous type
What is the rarest histological type of Endometrial Cancer?
Squamous type
What is the most common histological type of Endometrial Cancer?
Endometroid Adenocarcinoma
What are the 2 subtypes of endometrial cancer?
Type 1 & Type 2
Type 1 Histology refers to what histological type of endometrial cancer?
Endometroid Adenocarcinoma
At what menopausal stage, does Endometroid Adenocarcinoma affect women?
Perimenopausal women &
Premenopausal women
In terms of BMI, what type of women have Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma?
Obese women
What prognosis is given to women with Type 1 Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma?
Good Prognosis
What lesions are found in Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma?
Preinvasive lesions
Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma responds to what steroid hormone?
Estrogen
What is the precursor to Type 1 Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma?
Endometrial hyperplasia
According to WHO, what are the histological types of Endometrial Hyperplasia?
1) Typical hyperplasia / Hyperplasia without atypia (benign)
2) Atypical hyperplasia / Hyperplasia with atypia (malignant)
Type 2 Histology refers to what histological types of Endometrial Cancer?
1) Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma (UPSC)
2) Clear Cell Carcinoma (CCC)
3) Mucinous type
At what menopausal stage, does Type 2 Endometrial Cancer affect women?
Postmenopausal women
In terms of BMI, what type of women have Type 2 Endometrial Cancer?
Lean & Thin women