The term uterine cancer may relate to any of the various types of cancer that occur in the uterus, namely for:
Uterine sarcoma: sarcoma of the myometrium, or muscle layer of the uterus, are most commonly leiomyosarcomas.
Endometrial cancer:
From endometrial cells originate in the glands of the endometrium (uterine lining). These include the common and easily treatable endometrioid well-differentiated adenocarcinoma and papillary serous carcinoma, the more aggressive uterine and uterine clear-cell carcinoma.
Endometrial stromal sarcomas from the connective tissue of the uterine lining coming, and are far less common than endometrial cancer.
Malignant mixed Müllerian tumors are rare cancerous endometrial tumors show both glandular () and stromal (sarcomatous) differentiation - their true cell of origin is unknown.
Cervical cancer arises from the transition zone of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus and connects to the top of the vagina.
Gestational trophoblastic disease affects neoplastic processes of tissue from a pregnancy that is often in the uterus.
