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Endometrial cancer survival rates

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By Bets Davis, MFA

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Survival rates decrease as the stage of endometrial cancer becomes more advanced and involves lymph nodes or other body organs.

Endometrial cancer survival rates1
Stage at diagnosis 5-year survival rate

Stage I

81%–91%

Stage II

71%–79%

Stage III

52%–60%

Stage IV

15%–17%

References

Citations

  1. Creasman WT, et al. (2003). Carcinoma of the corpus uteri. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 83(Suppl 1): 79–118.

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Author Bets Davis, MFA
Editor Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Editor Pat Truman, MATC
Primary Medical Reviewer Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Kevin Holcomb, MD - Gynecologic Oncology
Last Updated November 26, 2008
Last Updated: 11/26/2008

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