The American Cancer Society's most recent estimates for cancer of the uterine corpus (body of the uterus) in the United States are for 2009:

• About 42,160 new cases of cancer of the uterine corpus will be diagnosed, but only about 1,200 of these cases will be uterine sarcomas.
• About 7,780 women in the United States will die from cancer of the uterine corpus during 2009.

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.

Last Medical Review: 11/18/2009
Last Revised: 11/18/2009