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.
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.
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