The information in the cancer of the womb information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding cancer of the womb (uterus), which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:
- Clinical Gynaecologic Oncology, 7th Ed, P DiSaia & W Creasman, Mosby Elsevier, 2007.
- The Elsevier Guide to Oncology Drugs and Regimes, Elsevier Oncology, 2006.
- Chemotherapy for Advanced, Recurrent or Metastatic Endometrial Carcinoma, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007, Issue 3.
- Clinical Radiation Oncology, 2nd Ed, L Gunderson, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier 2007.
- Referral guidelines for suspected cancer, NICE, 2005.
- Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer, Scottish Executive/NHS Scotland, 2002.
- Northern Ireland Referral Guidelines for a Suspected Cancer, Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICan) May 2007
- Womb Cancer: Cancer information section of Cancer Research UK website: www.cancerhelp.co.uk
- Endometrial cancer: American Cancer Society website: www.cancer.org
Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.