70% of malignant gynecological tumors in the Kingdom affect the "economic" endometrium from Riyadh A medical gathering held yesterday in Riyadh revealed that 70% of malignant gynecological tumors in the Kingdom affect the endometrium, while other tumors are distributed between the cervix, ovaries and uterus. This came during a medical symposium held yesterday by the Security Forces Hospital Program, which discussed global developments in gynecological tumors, and its activities were opened by Dr. Suleiman Al-Suhaimi, Director General of the Security Forces Hospital Program in Riyadh.
Dr. Imad Saqr, head of the scientific committee of the symposium, a consultant gynecological oncologist, confirmed that the recent period has increased the diagnosis of malignant tumors in women, referring to the progress and development of medicine in diagnosis and the ability of doctors to do so, in addition to the fact that obesity leads greatly to tumors in the endometrium area to increase The proportion of the hormone estrogen in the body, which is a major factor in the development of tumors in the womb.
Dr. Saqr indicated that the treatment method begins with the first step, which is diagnosis, then a surgery is performed to find out the stage the tumor has reached, and then any additional treatment is determined after the operation, such as giving radiotherapy or chemotherapy or both together, stressing that the diagnosis of endometrial tumors is usually in Early stages of having abnormal bleeding, especially after menopause. For his part, Dr. Al-Suhaimi stressed in the opening speech of the symposium the hospital’s keenness to attract experienced speakers from different health sectors, and said that this scientific meeting is one of the important scientific events that the hospital was keen to host, as it reviews the latest global recommendations in dealing with gynecological tumors.
