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Fast Facts - Uterine Cancer

South Australian Statistics 
  • 168 South Australian women were diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2006 

  • 31 South Australian women died in 2006 
 
Australian Statistics 
  • Cancer of the uterus is the most common gynaecological cancer. 

  • 1706 Australian women were diagnosed with uterine cancer In 2005 

  • 221 Australian women died from uterine cancer in 2005 

  • One in 75 Australian women will develop Uterine cancer by the age of 75. 

  • It is more common in women aged over 50 than in younger women. 

  • Most cancers of the uterus are cancers of the lining of the uterus (the endometrium), but the cancer can also develop in the muscle layers of the uterus. 

  • 80 per cent of women diagnosed with uterine cancer survive five years or longer after diagnosis.
     
  • risk factors for ovarian cancer include; 
 - older age 
 - no or few pregnancies
 - history of irregular menstrual periods 
 - being overweight 
 - endometrial hyperplasia (a condition which is associated with heavy menstruation, bleeding between periods and post menopausal bleeding



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