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My sister just diagnosis with grade 3 endometrial cancer with clear cells why are clear cells so aggressive?
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Various cell types: Endometrial cancer is characterized by stage and cell type. Clear cell is a description of the type of cells and simply behave in a more aggressive growth pattern than others.
Answered 8/17/2012
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Endometrial cancer : Clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium is an uncommon, very aggressive variant. It has very different genetic changes in the tumor than does the common endometrial cancer.
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