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Q&As on this topic

1. My mother has cancer of the womb, does this mean I am more likely to develop it?

last reviewed: 01.01.2005

2. Is it safe to take the drug Evista (raloxifene) for my osteoporosis, as I have heard that a similar drug tamoxifen can cause uterine cancer?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

3. We are a group of black women. One of us has recently been told she has cancer of the womb, which has shaken us. Both I and another of our group have endometriosis, and we wondered if there is any link between endometriosis and womb cancer. Can you reassure us?

last reviewed: 01.11.2005

4. My mother has just been diagnosed with uterine cancer - what causes this cancer, and what can I do to decrease my risk?

last reviewed: 01.09.2004

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