Patient's question:
My mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer during a gynecological examination last month and is now hospitalized for treatment, preparing for a hysterectomy. In my mother's ward, there is an aunt who has endometrial cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. I would like to ask the doctor if endometrial cancer and cervical cancer are the same thing?Doctor's answer:
Cervical cancer and endometrial cancer are not the same disease. Cervical cancer is primarily caused by high-risk HPV infection. The treatment for cervical cancer transformation is mainly based on surgery combined with radiotherapy. The recurrence of endometrial cancer is related to high estrogen levels in the body, requiring postoperative combination therapy with radiochemotherapy. The specific treatment plan needs to be determined after surgery, based on surgical pathology staging. It is important to have follow-up examinations at regular intervals after surgery.