Endometrial cancer

Introduction:. Endometrial hyperplasia is one of the most common cause of abnormal menstrual bleeding. It is defined as a condition of excessive proliferation of endometrial glands relative to the stroma, resulting in increased gland to stroma ratio. It is a noninvasive uterine wall proliferation but patients with endometrial hyperplasia have an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer. Endometrium is the innermost layer of the uterine wall and is composed of a outer functional layer and…

ROLE OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SYNDROMIC GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS Both ovarian and endometrial carcinomas can be expression of genetically inherited syndromes. Two main hereditary cancer syndromes are known that predispose to cancers occurring in the gynecological tract, namely Lynch and hereditary Breast and Ovary Cancer syndromes. Lynch syndrome is due to germline mutations in the MMR system, including MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 genes, and in EPCAM gene, that cause high…

cells or colon cancer, screening colonoscopies should be performed at least every three years. Family members over 50 who have not had a colonoscopy within the past five years should ask about having one ordered. Since the 24-year-old daughter has family members on both sides of her family with a history colon cancer, she has a greater risk for colon cancer and should consider an early screening colonoscopy. To obtain more information about a genetic contribution to the family’s cancer,…

Hence, the uncontrolled and abnormal growth of irregular body cells is known as cancer. More recent research on the issue has proposed a unified view of the origin of cancer cells. Accepting that the growth of the cells and the tissues by its reproduction is regulated from the inside of the DNA material encoded in the genetic instructions. The unified view of the development of cancer states that from different causal factors that may disrupt the correct interpretation of the information…

Diabetes, heart problems, endometrial cancer, high LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and blood pressure are some of its lethal complications. Also, pregnant women diagnosed with PCOS face a higher risk of miscarriage and premature multiple delivery. How to treat PCOS? The symptoms and complications…

Some health risks are liver and gallbladder disease and coronary heart disease. You can get type two diabetes from obesity. High blood pressure and cancers such as endometrial, breast, and colon are more risks. Dyslipidemia such as, high levels of triglycerides or high total cholesterol is another risk. You can have a stroke if you are obese. Also you are at risk breathing problems such as sleep apnea which causes…

According to Kaunitz (2016), approximately 15% of women with chronic endometritis present with intermenstrual bleeding and postcoital bleeding. The diagnosis of chronic endometritis is made clinically based upon symptoms and can be confirmed with an endometrial sample. A patient with this condition often present with vague lower pelvic pain and cervical motion tenderness. However, some patients may have a completely normal examination and without a fever. This patient denies lower uterine…

At the rate of childhood obesity increasing every year in Canada, statistics say that over 70% of adults will be obese by 2040 (Childhood Obesity Foundation). Childhood obesity is defined as when a child has an “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health” (Childhood Obesity Foundation). The number of obese children in our world today is increasing vastly and is too big of a number; this is a problem that must be fixed. Studies show that the percentage of obesity among children…

Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells that invades or spreads to parts of the body. There are more than 100 types of cancers in the world. As mention in Fatemeh Haghighi (2017) article and in Qued Salm Alhamami (2018), breast cancer if the most common malignancy and is the second cause of morality from cancer in the adult female population. As shown in Filip Fruhauf (2017) article endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological neoplasm and the 4th most frequent site of malignancy in females…

Alzheimer’s Disease is one of many forms of dementia, and is the most common form (Orimaye 1). What Alzheimer’s Disease does to a person is that they start to have progressive cognitive decline like losing memory and degeneration of reasoning ability (Cai 1). To be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, a person has to go through extensive neurophysical examinations by using a lot of cognitive tests that have a series of questions and images. There is a maximum score of thirty for the test, and if…