What Is Endometrial Carcinoma?
For more information, please view the topics in the green box to the right. Cancer happens when cells in your body go through changes that make them grow out of control. Cancer cells differ from normal cells in the ability to grow into — invade — the surrounding tissues. Cancer cells also have the ability to spread elsewhere in the body. When this happens, the cancer is said to have metastasized. Endometrial carcinoma is a kind of cancer that begins in your uterus. Only women have a uterus. So only women can get this kind of cancer. Carcinoma refers to cancer that begins in tissues that form linings throughout the body. The endometrium is the lining of the inside of the uterus. Endometrial carcinoma is a cancer that forms from the inner lining of the uterus. Throughout this section, we refer to it simply as endometrial cancer. Other kinds of cancer can form in the uterus as well. These are called uterine sarcomas. They are discussed in their own section. Endometrial cancer usually take
