Endometrial Cancer Treatment
Endometrial cancer detected in its early stages can be cured with surgery and close follow-up. Treatment choices depend on where the cancer is and how much it has grown. Treatment may include one or more of the following:
Surgery is the most common treatment for endometrial cancer. Most doctors recommend either the surgical removal of the uterus alone (hysterectomy) or, more likely, the surgical removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries (hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy). Lymph nodes in the area should also be removed during surgery along with other tissue samples.
A hysterectomy is a major operation, and because you can’t get pregnant after your uterus has been removed, it can be a difficult decision for some women. However, surgery is usually the only way to eliminate the cancer or the need for further treatment.
Lymphadenectomy surgery to remove lymph nodes
Radiation therapy to kill cancer cells
Progestin hormone therapy to block cancer growth
Chemotherapy to kill cancer cells
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