Simptomi bolesti

• In menstruating women: vaginal bleeding between periods or unusually heavy or prolonged periods;
• In postmenopausal women: gynecological bleeding. In a postmenopausal woman who is bleeding, tests should always be done to check for possible endometrial cancer.

  Upozorenje. Because this cancer sometimes starts during menopause, when menstruation is irregular, abnormal bleeding can be mistakenly considered normal.

• Abnormal vaginal discharge, white discharge, discharge like water, or even purulent discharge;
• Cramps or pain in the lower abdomen;
• Bol pri mokrenju;
• Bol tokom seksa.

Ljudi u riziku 

The main risk factors for endometrial cancer are:

• Gojaznost,
• Dijabetes,
• Previous treatment with Tamoxifen,
• HNPCC / Lynch syndrome, an inherited disease associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer. (Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer or Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer)

Other people are at risk:

• Žene u postmenopause. As the rate of progesteron decreases after menopause, women over 50 are more at risk of endometrial cancer. Indeed, progesterone seems to have a protective effect on this type of cancer. When the disease occurs before menopause, it occurs mostly in women at high risk;
• Žene čije cycles started very young (before 12 years old);
• Women who have had a late menopause. The lining of their uterus has been exposed to estrogen over a longer period of time;

• Women having no child are at higher risk of endometrial cancer compared to those who have had it;
• Žene sa sindrom policističkih jajnika. This syndrome is characterized by a hormonal imbalance disrupting menstrual cycles and decreases fertility.
• Women with endometrial hyperplasia are at greater risk;
• Women with strong porodična historija colon cancer in its inherited form (which is rather rare);
• Žene sa tumor jajnika which increases the production of estrogen.
• Women taking certain menopause hormone treatments (HRT)