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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IS A COMMON
CANCER AMONG FEMALES AFFECTING
MAINLY WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 45.
EARLY DETECTION IS KEY TO
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT
SCREENING AND TREATMENT,
DR. CHRISTINA SPEIRS, RAIDATION
ONCOLOGIST WITH THE CANCER
CENTER
CENTER OF HAWAI'I.
WHAT IS ENDOMETRIAL CANCER.
THE ENDOMETRIAN IS THE
LINING.
Trini: IS IT USUALLY
DETECTED DURING A PAP SMEAR
A PAP SNEER IS LOOKING AT SERVE
CAL CONDITIONSER, WHICH IS A
MORE WORLDWIDE ISSUE.
BUT IS FAIRLY WELL DETECTED
USING THE PAP SMEAR HERE, WHICH
DECREASES THE RISK OF GETTING
CERVICAL CANCER.
WITH ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, THE
FIRST WAY TO IS THE SYMPTOMS.
A POST MENOPAUSAL WOMAN HAS
RECENT VAGINAL BLEEDING.
THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST TIP
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY
SYMPTOMS.
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT'S THE MORE SCARY PART.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS,
GENERALLY THE FIRST THING THAT
TIPS YOU OFF IS IF IT'S MOVED TO
ANOTHER ORGAN.
IF IT'S PUSHING ON YOUR BLADDER
OR RECTUM.
THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS OR YOU'RE
GETTING SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS
WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE DO?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU
HAVE SYMPTOMS, GO STRAIGHT TO
YOUR GYNECOLOGIST AND WHERE
TESTING.
EVEN FOR WOMEN IN GENERAL, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEIR RISK
FACTORS FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
WHICH MAY INCLUDE OBESITY, NEVER
HAVING HAD CHILDREN AND
DIABETES.
THERE ARE GENETIC SYNDROMES.
SO IF YOU HAVE THESE RISK
FACTORS, MINIMIZING YOUR RISK BY
OPT MIDSING YOUR DIET AND
DECREASING YOUR WEIGHT, IF
APPROPRIATE.
TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT
CONTROLLING YOUR TYPE ONE
DIABETES.
TALKING TO THEM ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN
HOPEFULLY DECREASE YOUR RISK IN
FACTORS IS AN OLDER FEMALE AFTER
MENOPAUSE.
OBESITY, DIET.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN
CONTRIBUTE.
ABSOLUTELY.
YES.
NOT ONLY THAT BUT JUST HAVING A
HIGHER LEVEL OF ES ESTROGEN FOR A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SUCH AS A WOMAN WHO'S NEVER HAD
CHILDREN.
Trini: WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT
FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS
TODAY?
SO AS WE MENTIONED, SERVE --
CERVICAL CANNER IS MORE WIDELY
KNOWN BUT ENDOMETRIAL IS THE
MOST COMMON WE SEE IN OUR
CLINICS.
SO I WANT WOMEN TO BE AWARE OF
THAT.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUTEMPOWERRING
OURSELVES WITH OUR HEALTH.
ANYONE WITH EMPOWER THEMSELVES
BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEIR
HEALTH.
FROM TAKING THEIR FIRST ONE
THOUSAND STEPS TO INCORPORATING
MORE WATER INTAKE.
OUR DOCTORS SHOULD EMPOWER OUR
PATIENTS AND PUBLIC.
Trini: WE'RE GLAD YOU DID.
WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT
IF DETECTED EARLY, IT IS VERY
TREATABLE.
ONE IT'S DIAGNOSED, GENERALLY
THE FIRST STEP IS TO BE REFERRED
TO A GYNECOLOGIST ONCOLOGIST.