Uterine leiomyosarcoma is difficult to distinguish from fibroids, complicating diagnosis and often requiring surgical confirmation. African American women have a doubled risk of developing uterine ...

Leiomyosarcoma, the most frequent pure uterine sarcoma, is an aggressive tumor with a tendency toward early relapse. Survival for patients with recurrent disease is poor. In contrast, endometrial ...

Screening tests check for a condition, like cancer, in people who don’t have any signs or symptoms. There aren’t any screening tests for uterine sarcoma. So, the best way to detect this disease as ...

Uterine leiomyosarcoma is the most common subtype of uterine sarcoma. Increased awareness of this unique histology has allowed for the development of drugs that are specific to LMS and has begun to ...

A combination of the poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor olaparib and the chemotherapy temozolomide shows preliminary activity in advanced uterine leiomyosarcoma that has progressed on ...

In 2016, two years after the birth of her daughter, Kelly Pendry experienced pain and heavy bleeding during periods. She asked her doctor it and felt reassured — at first. “I had been told your body ...

“Uterine cancer” is an umbrella term that covers two types of cancer: endometrial cancer and uterine sarcoma. Both types begin in the uterus. Endometrial cancer and uterine sarcoma are different types ...

A few weeks after beloved actress Loni Anderson died at the age of 79, the star's official cause of death has been revealed as an aggressive form of cancer called metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma.

Fibroids and uterine cancer can both cause growths to form in the uterus. Certain symptoms can also overlap. A doctor can determine whether you have fibroids or uterine cancer. Fibroids are benign ...

Symptoms of uterine cancer may include unusual vaginal bleeding, pain in the pelvic region, or unexplained weight loss. A person should contact a doctor if they experience these symptoms. Although ...

Symptoms that mimic fibroids make diagnosing uterine sarcoma a rare and confounding cancer. In 2014, Dionne Shepperson, then 40 and pregnant, began feeling weak and faint. Because she had in the past ...

Staging means finding out how far uterine sarcoma has spread in your body. Physicians group uterine sarcoma into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...