Uterine Cancer Mortality Now Neck and Neck With Ovarian Cancer

Forherself

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1694575#Comment_1694575

There are some things to consider when reading that article. Obesity and diabetes have increased in the US in those same years. Childlessness has increased too. And they are risk factors for endometrial cancer but not for ovarian cancer. African American women, for some reason, have a much higher incidence of serous carcinoma, which has a higher mortality rate. And gyneoncologists. are super specialists. They earn what they make in my opinion. We don't have enough of them.

MoeKay

I agree with your above comments, Forherself. All the more reason that I believe National Cancer Institute funding levels for uterine cancer need to be dramatically increased from one-seventh of that for ovarian cancer. Since the one-seventh figure was the funding level in 2018, perhaps something has dramatically changed in the last few years and someone will post informing us of current funding levels that are more encouraging for uterine cancer. I'm also in favor of more funding for fellowships and other advanced training for gynecologic oncologists. I was fortunate enough to have been treated almost 23 years ago by a highly-trained and experienced gynecologic oncologist, but not every woman diagnosed with uterine cancer (or any other gynecologic cancer for that matter) is that lucky.

With annual ovarian and uterine cancer mortality statistics now neck and neck, and uterine cancer being diagnosed in more than three times as many women every year as are being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I really see no justification for funding levels for the two cancers being so different.

NoahPayne95

Same

SpringerSpanielMom

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1694607#Comment_1694607

Well said, MoeKay.