Endometrial cancer, also known as cancer of the uterine corpus or the lining of the womb, is the 6th most common cancer in Australian women. There are more than 2,000 new cases and 330 deaths from the disease every year and a woman has a 1 in 50 risk of being diagnosed with endometrial cancer by the age of 85.

The Australian National Endometrial Cancer Study (ANECS) is a collaboration between epidemiologists, geneticists, molecular biologists and clinicians. The aims are:

> to identify the causes of endometrial cancer, particularly in Australian women, to help prevent it from occurring

> to improve patient management

> to identify ways to improve quality of life and survival after a diagnosis of endometrial cancer