How to treat late-stage uterine cancer

Uterine cancer is also commonly known as endometrial cancer. In the late stage, it may refer to stage IV endometrial cancer, with widespread spread and metastasis. The most common ones are pelvic metastasis, liver, lung, bone metastasis, etc. In the terminal stage of uterine cancer, the general condition is relatively poor, and cachexia, inability to eat, loss of appetite, severe anemia, etc. may occur. These all require symptomatic treatment, which can be carried out by enteral nutrition, combined with intravenous nutritional support, and if the pain is severe, the use of strong analgesics, etc., can relieve the pain. If the nutritional status improves, it is also possible to prolong survival, and then cooperate with some anti-tumor treatments.

What are the drugs for uterine cancer?

Uterine cancer, also known as endometrial cancer, is a very common malignant tumor in gynecology. Generally speaking, endometrial cancer requires comprehensive treatment, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc. If chemotherapy is used, some drugs are involved, that is, chemotherapy drugs commonly used are platinum, and drugs such as docetaxel and paclitaxel. In addition, drugs such as doxorubicin can also be used for chemotherapy of endometrial cancer. For endometrial cancer, surgery is definitely the first choice for radical cure, and this adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery may be more effective.

Can uterine cancer be cured?

Uterine cancer is the abbreviation of endometrial cancer, which is mainly a lesion of the endometrial epithelium. Early uterine cancer can be cured by surgical treatment, but the probability of early uterine cancer is often relatively small, and people do not pay enough attention to it. Generally speaking, if vaginal bleeding occurs again in postmenopausal women, it is a high level of need. In the case of endometrial cancer, a diagnostic curettage and pathological diagnosis is required. For mid- and late-stage uterine cancer, palliative surgery and comprehensive radiotherapy and chemotherapy are mainly used to prolong survival and improve quality of life.