ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endometrial carcinoma mean? 

• ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA (noun)
  The noun ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA has 1 sense:

1. cancer of the uterine lining

  Familiarity information: ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancer of the uterine lining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

endometrial cancer; endometrial carcinoma

Hypernyms ("endometrial carcinoma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

An autosomal dominant hereditary neoplastic syndrome characterized by the development of colorectal carcinoma and a high risk of developing endometrial carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, renal pelvis carcinoma, and small intestinal carcinoma.

(Lynch syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include endometrial carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, uterine corpus leiomyosarcoma, adenosarcoma, malignant mixed mesodermal (mullerian) tumor, and gestational choriocarcinoma.

(Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also exhibits antiproliferative activity in endometrial tissue and may exhibit chemopreventive and antineoplastic activities in endometrial carcinoma.

(Norgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

Thecomas and other estrogen-producing tumors (e.g., granulosa cell tumors) may induce adenomatous hyperplasia of the endometrium or well-differentiated endometrial carcinoma in 3%-20% of the cases.

(Ovarian Thecoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An endometrial hyperplasia characterized by cytologic and architectural changes which may lead to endometrial carcinoma.

(Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include uterine corpus leiomyoma, endocervical polyp, ovarian carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, and endometrial carcinoma.

(Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Complex hyperplasia has low risk of progression to endometrial carcinoma.

(Complex Endometrial Hyperplasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Because chronic estrogen stimulation unopposed by progesterone may increase the risk of the endometrial carcinoma, administration of a combination estrogen-progestin in postmenopause may reduce the risk for women who require estrogen replacement therapy.

(Estradiol/Norethindrone Acetate Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include endometritis, endometrial hyperplasia, and endometrial carcinoma.

(Endometrial disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is classified as type II endometrial carcinoma and it is not associated with endometrial hyperplasia.

(Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)