Skin Cancer

Uterine Cancer

Uterine Cancer Risk Factors

While the exact cause of a woman’s uterine cancer may not be known, certain risk factors are strongly linked to the disease.

  • Hormonal imbalance in women

  • Conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome, obesity and diabetes facilitate the unopposed action of estrogen in the body (i.e. increased level of estrogen, but not the level of progesterone).

  • Early menarche and delayed menopause.
  • No history of childbirth or infertility.

  • Obesity

  • Previous history of breast or colon cancer

  • Hormone therapy for breast cancer. Taking hormone therapy for breast cancer can increase the risk of developing endometrial cancer.