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Adrenal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Anal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bile Duct Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bladder Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bone Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Brain and Central Nervous Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Breast Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
  - Genetics and Breast Cancer
  - Male Breast Cancer
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Cervical Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Colorectal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Endometrial Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Esophageal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Ewing Sarcoma
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Eye Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Overview
- Treatment
Gallbladder Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Head and Neck Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Hodgkin Disease
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Kidney Cancer
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Laryngeal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Acute Myelocytic (AML)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Chemotherapy
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Chemotherapy
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - General
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Liver Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Lung Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Malignant Mesothelioma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Oral Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Other Cancers
Ovarian Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Genetics of Ovarian Cancer
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Pancreatic Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Penile Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Pituitary Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Prostate Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Skin Cancer - Melanoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Skin Cancer - Non-Melanoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Stomach Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Testicular Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Thymus Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Thyroid Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Urethral Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Uterine Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Vaginal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Treatment Decisions
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Vulvar Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Radiation Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis

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Understanding Your Diagnosis

Can I Be Cured of Uterine Cancer?
Diagnostic Procedures for Cancer: Overview
Detailed information on the most common diagnostic procedures for cancer
Dilation and Curettage (D and C)
A dilation and curettage procedure, also called a D and C, is a surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated so that the cervical canal and uterine lining can be scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument to remove abnormal tissues.
Endometrial Biopsy
An endometrial biopsy is a procedure performed to obtain a small tissue sample from the lining of the uterus.
Finding Out You Have Uterine Cancer
Grading and Staging of Cancer
Grading and staging cancer helps determine the best treatment.
How Does My Doctor Know I Have Uterine Cancer?
Hysteroscopy
Hysteroscopy is the visual examination of the canal of the cervix and interior of the uterus using a thin, lighted, flexible tube called a hysteroscope.
Pelvic Ultrasound
Ultrasound, or sound wave technology, is used to examine the organs and structures in the female pelvis.
Stages and Grades of Uterine Cancer
Tests that Help Evaluate Uterine Cancer
Tests You May Need Once You Know You Have Uterine Cancer