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The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, this layer is susceptible to cancerous lesions.

Endometrial cancer affects postmenopausal women and sometimes young women.

Among his numerous risks include:

* Early onset of menstruation
* Late menopause

* No pregnancies

* Hypertension

* Taking estrogen without medical supervision.

* History of breast cancer

some of its symptoms are:

* Bleeding after menopause

* Irregular menstrual cycles

* Pain in the pelvic area

this cancer is diagnosed by doing a few tests, including:

* Endometrial biopsy

* Vaginal ultrasound

this cancer is treated by performing a hysterectomy (surgery) plus salpingo-oophorectomy, the doctor determines whether it is necessary to radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery.

The University Hospital of Zaragoza and the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona has been involved in independent international investigation to identify genetic variants that are associated with bladder and prostate cancer.

Spanish researchers were able to identify an antigen gene in prostate stem cells (PSCA) which is located right in that area of the body but that it differs with other cells.

It has been determined that people who have this variant cells, which are about forty percent of the population, are 15 percent higher risk of developing bladder cancer than other people.

The PSCA is a gene that is related to the upstream initiation of bladder cancer and stomach. The study of functions and features could help design new treatments.

It is known that bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world and this study may help people who have the gene in question is saved by having more stringent medical checks and newspapers.

Breast cancer is a disease of greatest concern to society, especially women. It is a condition in which specialists are putting all their efforts and results of different studies are very promising for the future.

The risk of a woman having breast cancer grows as the years pass, and for this reason doctors recommend that from the age of 40 diagnostic studies are performed.

It is true that today is becoming increasingly sophisticated diagnostic techniques and treatment for this disease, but be aware that if people are not aware of the importance of periodic inspections cannot stop in time this disease.

One of the less negative breast cancers is treatable, and there are women who have passed twice. The process is not easy, but you just have to have some hope.

Cancer prevention is the best weapon against this evil that affects so many people in the world. Although the cause of cancer is unknown in many cases, and multifactorial in others, there are several known clinical risk factors and biological processes that increase the likelihood of cancer and should be avoided, such as smoking. Unfortunately there are also risk factors geographic social groups that can not be avoided, for example, statistically black women under 40 years have a high incidence of breast cancer.

Quitting smoking is important for your health, smoking or smoking cigarettes is a big difference for one of the most common factors in the development of several cancers, not only lung cancer, cigarette smoke contains highly carcinogenic and harmful agents that may be precursors of prostate cancer and other cancers.

The cigarette can be seen as a poison to the human body, you tar inhaled from smoking (benzopyrene and nitrosamines) that are responsible for 30% of all cancers (bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, etc..) And 90 % of lung cancer. But do not stop there, smoking also fill your body with carbon monoxide is responsible for more than 15% of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Nicotine also produces an addiction similar to other drugs such as heroin or cocaine.