Understanding womb (endometrial) cancer
Audiobook
Published:
31 Aug 2021
Next review:
31 Aug 2024
Edition:
12
This audiobook explains womb (endometrial) cancer, covering causes, symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. It also looks at emotional, practical and financial issues.
Visit our online information about womb cancer.
You can also order a physical copy of this audiobook on be.macmillan.org.uk
with ID: MAC11656
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook
- 2 Introduction
- 3 The womb and cancer
- 4 Causes and risk factors of womb cancer
- 5 Symptoms of womb cancer
- 6 How womb cancer is diagnosed
- 7 Further tests to diagnose womb cancer
- 8 Types of endometrial womb cancer
- 9 Staging and grading of womb cancer
- 10 Your data and the cancer registry
- 11 Treatment overview for womb cancer
- 12 How your treatment is planned and talking about your treatment
- 13 The benefits and disadvantages of having treatment for womb cancer
- 14 Giving your consent to treatment for womb cancer
- 15 Surgery for womb cancer
- 16 Recovery after surgery for womb cancer
- 17 Going home after surgery for womb cancer
- 18 Radiotherapy treatment for womb cancer
- 19 Side effects of radiotherapy for womb cancer
- 20 Possible late effects of radiotherapy for womb cancer
- 21 Chemotherapy treatment for womb cancer
- 22 Side effects of chemotherapy for womb cancer
- 23 Hormonal treatment and targeted and immunotherapies
- 24 Clinical trials for womb cancer
- 25 After your treatment for womb cancer
- 26 Wellbeing after treatment for womb cancer
- 27 Your feelings
- 28 Coping with your emotions after a diagnosis of womb cancer
- 29 If you are a family member or friend
- 30 Talking to children
- 31 Financial help and benefits
- 32 Work
- 33 About our information
- 34 Other ways we can help you
- 35 Other organisations
- 36 Further resources
- 37 Can you do something to help
- 38 Information about this recording
Published:
31 Aug 2021
Next review:
31 Aug 2024
Edition:
12
This audiobook explains womb (endometrial) cancer, covering causes, symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. It also looks at emotional, practical and financial issues.
Visit our online information about womb cancer.
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