Review Article, J Womens Health Issues Care Vol: 2 Issue: 4
The Lifestyle Plague and Health: Obesity and Endometrial Cancer
| AM Tacon* | |
| Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA | |
| Corresponding author : AM Tacon Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA E-mail: anna.tacon@ttu.edu |
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| Received: March 05, 2013 Accepted: June 21, 2013 Published: June 26, 2013 | |
| Citation: Tacon AM (2013) The Lifestyle Plague and Health: Obesity and Endometrial Cancer. J Womens Health, Issues Care 2:4. doi:10.4172/2325-9795.1000113 |
Abstract
The Lifestyle Plague and Health: Obesity and Endometrial Cancer
In developed and westernized countries such as the United States, endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological cancer with incidence rates being as much as 10 times higher than other cultures. The majority of women present with postmenopausal and abnormal perimenopausal bleeding, and almost 75% of these patients are in the early disease stage, yet the death rate has risen.
