Common Sense Health: Uterine cancer, also called endometrial cancer, is not rare. And it can strike anyone.

Why do so many women ignore one of the most obvious warning signs of uterine cancer? It’s a cancer that usually announces itself early. But women wait, or brush off the warning signs, and that allows the disease to take hold.

Uterine cancer, also called endometrial cancer, is not rare. And it can strike anyone. Anne Bancroft, the Oscar-winning actress best known as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, died of this disease. She never spoke publicly about her illness, a missed opportunity to build greater awareness. And where are the public health campaigns to prevent it? Uterine cancer needs a champion to yell the warning signs from the rooftops.

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