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Not all lesions found in the lungs are cancer. When endometrial cancer spreads to the lungs, doctors need to run specific tests to confirm if suspicious areas are actually cancer. This typically starts with a physical exam and medical history to understand the full picture.

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Not all lesions found in the lungs are cancer. When endometrial cancer spreads to the lungs, doctors need to run specific tests to confirm if suspicious areas are actually cancer. This typically starts with a physical exam and medical history to understand the full picture.

The presence of lung lesions along with symptoms like chest pain, coughing (with or without blood), unexplained weight loss, or shortness of breath may indicate potential spread of endometrial cancer to the lungs. However, these symptoms can also occur with other conditions, which is why proper testing is essential. If endometrial cancer does spread to the lungs, it occurs in about 1.5% of cases. When endometrial cancer returns after remission, the lungs are often the first site of recurrence - occurring in about 34.4% of recurrence cases. Of those cases, about 64.5% also involve spread to other organs.

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