How is cancer of the uterus treated?
Approximately 90 per cent of women with cancer of the uterus are treated with hysterectomy – surgical removal of the womb and ovaries. The five-year survival rates following surgery are over 70 per cent. Sometimes surgical treatment is supplemented with radiotherapy. Radiotherapy alone may be used in advanced cases, or cases of recurrent disease, or where surgery is not appropriate. There is no reliable evidence that chemotherapy or hormone treatment is effective for cancer of the uterus, however, more research is being carried out in this area.
