Where this womb cancer information comes from

On this page are the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.

All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had womb cancer, live in the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

Websites

Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series

US National Cancer Institute
LINK to NCI information on the treatment of womb cancer

Books

Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
V T De Vita, S Hellman and S A Rosenberg
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008

Cancer and its management (6th edition)
J Tobias and D Hochhauser
Blackwell, 2010

UK guidelines

Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, NICE – June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website

Laparoscopic hysterectomy (including laparoscopic total hysterectomy and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy) for endometrial cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, NICE – September 2010
Link to the laparoscopic hysterectomy guidelines on the NICE website

Articles and reviews

Endometrial cancer. S Saso and others, British Medical Journal 2011; 342:d3954

Hormonal therapy in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. F Kokka and others.Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD007926. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007926.pub2.

Revised FIGO staging for carcinoma of the vulva, cervix, and endometrium. FIGO Committee on gynaecologic oncology. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 105 (2009) 103–104.

Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial cancer (MRC ASTEC and NCIC CTG EN.5 randomised trials): pooled trial results, systematic review, and meta analysis. ASTEC/EN.5 Study Group, P Blake and others. The Lancet, 2009 Jan 10;373(9658):97–9.

Progestagens for endometrial cancer. Martin-Hirsch PL, Jarvis G, Kitchener H, Lilford R 1999. Cochrane Review. In: The Cochrane Library, issue 2, 2004. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Chemotherapy for advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma. Humber C et al, 2005. Cochrane Review. In The Cochrane Library, issue 4, 2005. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.