New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) Uterine cancer represents a significant and growing global health challenge, experts said as they called upon governments and multilateral institutions to explicitly integrate it into global and national non-communicable diseases and women’s health efforts.

A global position statement on endometrial cancer released on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month by the International Gynaecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) stated that uterine cancer is the second most common type of the five gynaecological cancers, yet it remains absent from global health priorities.

Unlike cervical or ovarian cancer, uterine cancer has not benefited from widespread public awareness, political attention, or coordinated efforts to improve

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