Endometrial polyps are common, affecting about 40% of people with uteruses. They are rarely cancerous. Many people with endometrial polyps have no symptoms, but possible symptoms include abnormal ...

Black women tend to get more aggressive uterine cancers than White women. But this is only part of the story, investigators ...

Endometrial polyps are small, soft growths on the lining of the uterus (the endometrium). Also known as uterine polyps, endometrial polyps can irritate the surrounding tissue and cause spotting or ...

ANSWER: A colonoscopy is both a screening tool for cancer and a way to prevent cancer by removing polyps before they can get advanced enough to turn into cancer (let alone spread). The major risk ...

Uterine cancer is cancer that affects the uterus (womb), the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a fetus grows during pregnancy. The uterus is lined with a tissue called the endometrium.

Preoperative vaginal dysbiosis has been identified as an independent risk factor for the recurrence of endometrial polyps ...

A 58-year-old woman mistook her womb cancer symptoms for menopause until her stomach became swollen. Diagnosed with advanced-stage womb cancer, she is ...

An additional bleed may also be a sign of uterine fibroids or polyps. Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the uterus. An overgrowth of the tissue lining inside the uterus causes polyps.

Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed and validated a prediction model that estimates the risk of developing colorectal ...