Types of Women's Cancer

At MacDonald Women's Hospital we provide advanced, interdisciplinary care for patients with gynecologic cancers. Meet our specialty team.

Our multidisciplinary resources from the Ireland Cancer Center enable our patients suspected or known to have gynecologic cancer to receive the newest diagnostic tests and treatments.

Types of Gynecological Caner

Gynecologic cancers—cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar—affect approximately 80,000 women a year. Thanks to improved detection programs, new surgical procedures and innovative therapies, the survival rate for women with cancer continues to climb.

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This is poisoning from taking an overdose of pain medicine containing ibuprofen.
Review Date: 4/24/2007

Ichthyosis vulgaris is a common skin disorder passed down through families that leads to dry, scaly skin.
Review Date: 4/16/2007

Idiopathic aplastic anemia is a failure of the bone marrow to properly make all types of blood cells.
Review Date: 10/30/2006

Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a drop in the number of red blood cells due to a problem with the body's defense (immune) system.
Review Date: 2/6/2007

Idiopathic hypercalciuria is the presence of excess calcium in the urine without obvious cause.
Review Date: 8/14/2007

Idiopathic hypersomnia is excessive sleeping (hypersomnia) without obvious cause. It is different from narcolepsy in that idiopathic hypersomnia does not involve suddenly falling asleep or losing muscle control associated with strong emotions (cataplexy).
Review Date: 8/3/2007

Idiopathic or primary livedo reticularis refers to blue splotchy patches of skin, usually on the legs. The condition is linked to swollen blood vessels. It may get worse when the temperature is cold.
Review Date: 4/16/2007

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is scarring or thickening of the lungs without a known cause.
Review Date: 1/18/2008

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder characterized by too few platelets in the blood. This is because platelets are being destroyed by the immune system. Idiopathic means the exact cause of the disease is unknown.Because more is being learned about the autoimmune nature of the disease, it is sometimes called immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Review Date: 10/30/2006

IgA nephropathy is a kidney disorder characterized by blood in the urine. It is caused by inflammation of internal kidney structures and the deposit of IgA antibodies in kidney tissue.It is also called Berger’s disease.
Review Date: 8/14/2007

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