Womb (uterine or endometrial) cancer

• Health & Medicine

New study identifies how obesity may increase the risk of developing womb cancer

Lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in BMC Medicine. Lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in BMC Medicine.

19 April 2022

• Health & Medicine

Womb cancer stats reveal treatment variation across England

Our new stats show a staggering variation in treatment plans for women diagnosed with womb cancer across England. Our new stats show a staggering variation in treatment plans for women diagnosed with womb cancer across England.

11 October 2019

• Health & Medicine

Keyhole surgery a ‘better approach’ for women with early stage womb cancer

Survival in women who have less invasive surgery for early-stage womb cancer is just as good as traditional surgery. Survival in women who have less invasive surgery for early-stage womb cancer is just as good as traditional surgery.

29 March 2017

• Health & Medicine

Why reducing cancer risk is more than ‘just a walk in the park’

We explore the science behind some recent headlines claiming that physical activity can reduce the risk of 13 types of cancer. We explore the science behind some recent headlines claiming that physical activity can reduce the risk of 13 types of cancer.

18 May 2016

• Health & Medicine

‘I want to encourage other women to live healthily so that fewer women go through what I went through’ - Kath’s story

Kath Bebbington shares her story of getting healthy and losing weight after being diagnosed and treated for womb cancer. Kath Bebbington shares her story of getting healthy and losing weight after being diagnosed and treated for womb cancer.

13 April 2016

• Health & Medicine

Obesity behind big rise in womb cancer

Rising levels of obesity among UK women have helped fuel a 54 per cent increase in womb cancer rates over the last two decades, according to new statistics. Rising levels of obesity among UK women have helped fuel a 54 per cent increase in womb cancer rates over the last two decades, according to new statistics.

13 April 2016

• Health & Medicine

How exactly does obesity cause cancer? Three leading theories

We explore the science behind how fat causes cancer. We explore the science behind how fat causes cancer.

25 November 2015

• Health & Medicine

Hitting the self-destruct switch – standing up to womb cancer with PARP inhibitors

We take a look at what a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors are doing to fight womb cancer. We take a look at what a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors are doing to fight womb cancer.

23 July 2015

• Health & Medicine

Eating a Mediterranean diet could cut womb cancer risk

Women who eat a Mediterranean diet could cut their risk of womb cancer by more than half. Women who eat a Mediterranean diet could cut their risk of womb cancer by more than half.

27 May 2015

• Health & Medicine

‘It seemed like the surgery had never happened’ – Rosa’s story

In the third in our series of guest posts from our Cancer Campaigns Ambassadors, Rosa shares her personal story about surgery. In the third in our series of guest posts from our Cancer Campaigns Ambassadors, Rosa shares her personal story about surgery.

2 February 2015

• Health & Medicine

Targeted treatment could halt womb cancer growth

A drug which targets a key gene fault could halt an aggressive womb cancer and shrink tumours. A drug which targets a key gene fault could halt an aggressive womb cancer and shrink tumours.

1 October 2014

Vigorous exercise cuts womb cancer risk in overweight women by more than a third

Overweight women who take regular intense exercise cut their risk of developing endometrial cancer, the most common form of womb cancer, by more than a third (39 per cent) , according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer. Overweight women who take regular intense exercise cut their risk of developing endometrial cancer, the most common form of womb cancer, by more than a third (39 per cent) , according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

7 August 2013