Womb cancer · Help and support
Help with understanding your womb cancer appointment
Your gynaecology cancer team and specialist nurse can explain your results, the choices available and the next steps. Ask them to show you on the model what your results mean.
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If you feel unwell during or after treatment, use the 24-hour number your hospital team gave you. Otherwise call NHS 111. In an emergency, call 999.
Your gynaecology cancer team and specialist nurse can explain your results, the choices available and the next steps. Keep your nurse’s name and direct number somewhere easy to find.
Someone to talk to
The Eve Appeal: Ask Eve
Free information from gynae cancer nurses.
0808 802 0019Macmillan Support Line
Cancer information nurses, money and work advice, or someone to talk to. 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm.
0808 808 00 00Samaritans
If you are struggling to cope, any time, day or night.
116 123
Words you may hear
- Endometrium
- The lining of the womb. Womb cancer is often called endometrial cancer.
- Myometrium
- The muscle wall of the womb.
- Cervix
- The neck of the womb, which opens into the vagina.
- Hysterectomy
- An operation to remove the womb and cervix.
- Salpingo-oophorectomy
- Removing the fallopian tubes and ovaries.
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Removing the first lymph nodes the womb drains to, to check them for cancer.
- Menopause
- When periods stop for good and the ovaries make less hormone.
Trusted information
NHS: womb (uterus) cancer
Symptoms, tests, treatment and living with womb cancer.
Womb Cancer Support UK
A charity run by people affected by womb cancer.
The Eve Appeal
Information about gynaecological cancers and a nurse information service.
Macmillan: womb cancer
Patient information and practical, emotional and financial support.
The explorer is a simplified illustration for a conversation with your team. It cannot interpret your report, diagnose cancer, stage it or tell you which treatment is right.