American actress Anne Bancroft enjoyed a decades-spanning career in Hollywood working on multiple beloved films over the years. Married to comedic legend Mel Brooks, she was also a mother to one son, Max. However, she died in 2005 at the age of 73.
According to a statement put out by her family, the star died of uterine cancer, which is also known as womb cancer.
As the name suggests, the disease starts in the womb – the organ that grows and holds a baby during pregnancy.
In most cases of uterine cancer it will start in specific cells in the womb lining, known as the endometrium.
This can also be referred to as endometrial cancer – the most common type of uterine cancer.
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Risk factors
While it is often not known what has exactly caused each case of uterine cancer, there are various factors that can raise your risk for the disease.
These include:
- Being older – most women diagnosed with uterine cancer have experienced the menopause
- Being overweight
- Having high amounts of oestrogen
- Undergoing hormone replacement therapy
- Having diabetes
- Having polycystic ovary syndrome
- Family history of the disease
- Taking Tamoxifen – a therapy for breast cancer.
There are also some factors that have been shown to lower the risk of uterine cancer including having children, taking the contraceptive pill and exercising regularly.
If you are concerned that you could have uterine cancer you should speak to your GP.
The Graduate, starring Anne Bancroft, is showing on Monday April 10, 10.30pm on BBC Two.
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