Join the #gyncsm community on Wednesday, August 12th at 9pmET / 8pmCT as we discuss Endometrial Cancer - Risk, Symptoms, Treatments along with special guest Adrienne Moore @AdrienneEcana who is a survivor and patient advocate.
Topic Questions for Wednesday's chat:
T1: What increases a woman's risk of developing #endometrialcancer? Age/Genetics/Other Factors? How common is endometrial cancer and how aware are women about it? #gyncsm
T2: How are cancers of the uterus diagnosed? What symptoms are women experiencing that lead to diagnosis? #gyncsmT3: What are the different types of #EndometrialCancer? Are they treated differently? #gyncsm
T4: Studies have found African-American women experience higher mortality from #endometrialcancer than any other group of women. What factors are researchers looking into to explain and address this disparity? #gyncsm
T5: What are the side effects of #endometrialcancer and its treatments that may impact a woman’s quality of life? What can be done to improve the lives of women diagnosed with endometrial cancer? #gyncsm
Here are some Endometrial Cancer resources and we hope to see you at the chat.
Uterine/Endometrial Cancer:
- NCCN Guidelines for Patients - Uterine
- NCI Uterine, Endometrial - https://www.cancer.gov/types/uterine and https://www.cancer.gov/types/uterine/patient/endometrial-treatment-pdq
- NCI Uterine, Sarcoma - https://www.cancer.gov/types/uterine and https://www.cancer.gov/types/uterine/patient/uterine-sarcoma-treatment-pdq
- Foundation for Women's Cancer (2017): Endometrial Cancer- Your Guide
- Peach Outreach
- Uterine Cancer Awareness Network
- ECANA: Endometrial Cancer Action Network for African-Americans
- Foundation for Women's Cancer Uterine Cancer Survivors Course 2013 - Videos
- Rare Forms:
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Uterine Carcinosarcoma/MMMT http://gcsproject.org/
carcinosarcoma-facts/ - Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma http://ess-sarcoma.com/
- Leiomyosarcoma: http://lmsdr.org/ and http://nlmsf.org/
- Sarcomas Overall: https://sarcomaalliance.org/ and https://www.curesarcoma.org/
Christina, #gyncsm co-founder
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