If you or a loved one suffered from uterine cancer or endometrial cancer after using chemical hair straightening or hair relaxing products, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a uterine cancer lawsuit case or settlement claim.
A team of cancer injury attorneys and class action lawyers is investigating potential hair relaxer lawsuit cases and settlement claims of women who have suffered from uterine cancer or endometrial cancer after using chemical hair straightening or hair relaxing products.
Uterine cancer (also known as endometrial cancer) is a type of cancer that begins in the uterus (a hollow muscular pear-shaped organ located in the female pelvis between the bladder and rectum that is part of the female reproductive system where a baby grows during pregnancy, i.e, the womb) when cells begin to grow abnormally and out of control.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 65,950 uterine cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed annually in the U.S. and about 12,550 women are expected to die from cancer of the uterine.
Unfortunately, recent studies have suggested that hair straighteners may contain toxic chemicals with possible endocrine-disrupting and carcinogenic properties (such as parabens, phthalates, bisphenol A, Di-2-ethylhexylphthalate DEHP, cyclosiloxanes, metals, and formaldehyde) that may be linked to the development of uterine cancer.
Hair Relaxer Uterine Cancer Lawsuit Cases
Hair relaxer uterine cancer lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims of women who, after using a chemical hair straightener or hair relaxing product, were diagnosed with uterine cancer:
- Uterine cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Endometrial carcinoma
- Endometrial adenocarcinoma
- Endometrioid carcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma of the uterus
- Uterine carcinosarcoma
- Uterine sarcoma
- Uterine leiomyosarcoma
- Endometrial stromal sarcoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Small cell carcinoma
- Transitional carcinoma
- Serous carcinoma
- Other hair relaxer uterine cancer lawsuit claims
Most uterine cancers are carcinomas where the cancer starts in the epithelial cells that line or cover the uterine and include cervical carcinomas (cancer starts in the cervix) and endometrial carcinomas (cancer starts in the endometrium or lining of the uterus). Endometrial cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. Uterine sarcomas, where the cancer start in tissues of the uterine (such as uterine leiomyosarcomas, endometrial stromal sarcomas and undifferentiated sarcomas) are more rare.
Endometrial Cancer Signs & Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of uterine cancer can potentially include:
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Unusual vaginal discharge
- Bleeding between periods
- Difficult or painful urination
- Pain during intercourse
- Pain in the abdomen
- Pain and/or a mass in the pelvic area
- Weight loss
- Frequent urination
- A mass, lump or growth in the vagina
- Always feeling full
- Other uterine cancer symptoms or signs
Procedures and tests used by doctors (such as gynecologists and oncologists) to diagnose endometrial cancer can include a pelvic exam, transvaginal ultrasound, hysteroscopy, endometrial biopsy and/or a dilation and curettage (D&C) surgical procedure (where tissue is scraped from the lining of the uterus and examined for cancer cells using a microscope).
Uterine Cancer Treatment
Treatment of uterine cancer can potentially include surgery (such as a hysterectomy to remove the uterus or salpingo-oophorectomy to remove fallopian tubes and/or ovaries), radiation therapy (using x-rays or energy beams to kill endometrial cancer cells), chemotherapy (using chemicals to kill uterine cancer cells), hormone therapy, targeted drug therapy, and immunotherapy, among others.
If you or a loved one suffered from uterine cancer or endometrial cancer after using a chemical hair straightening or relaxing product, you may be entitled to compensation from a hair relaxer uterine cancer lawsuit case or settlement claim. Contact a products liability injury lawyer to request a free case review. Time is limited.
*If you or a loved one are experiencing health issues, side effects or complications from a product, we urge you to promptly consult with your doctor or physician for an evaluation.
**The listing of a company (e.g., L’Oréal, Nature Global, Strength of Nature Global, Carson d/b/a Soft Sheen, Revlon, PDC, House of Cheatham, Godrej, Isoplus, Parfums De Coeur, Dabur, Avlon Industries, AFAM Concept, Inc. d/b/a JF Labs, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., McBride Research Laboratories, Inc., Luster Products, Inc., Beauty Bell and Namaste Laboratories, etc.) is not meant to state or imply that the company acted illegally or improperly or that the product (e.g., hair relaxer) is unsafe or defective; rather only that an investigation may be, is or was being conducted to determine whether legal rights have been violated.
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