What are the key statistics about uterine sarcoma?

The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for cancer of the uterine corpus (body of the uterus) in the United States are for 2012:

• About 47,130 new cases of cancer of the uterine corpus will be diagnosed, but only about 1,390 of these cases will be uterine sarcomas.
• About 8,010 women in the United States will die from cancer of the uterine corpus.

Incidence rates of uterine sarcoma cancer have been decreasing since 1998 after a period of increase during the previous decade. Death rates from uterine sarcoma have been stable since 1992 after decreasing from 1975 to 1992.