Uterine Cancer

Question: Uterine Cancer? My mom just found out she has uterine cancer. About 5 years ago she had a huge cyst the size of a grapefruit removed from her ovary and they said it was non malignant. (non-cancerous) What I am wondering is, if she has a hysterectomy, will she be o.k. or could the cancer have spread to other areas making her at risk of dying from this disease ? I am really worried about her. She's 56. Thanks. wow that's really informative...not.

Answer: Hi, I had endometrial/otherwise known as uterine cancer at 31. When a complete hysterectomy was done, I became cancer free without having to undergo chemo or radiation. That was 2 years ago. She will have to keep regular cancer checkups with the gynecologist oncologist. During the hysterectomy, they will check to see if the cancer has spread by doing a lymph node dissection and abdominal washing. Pathology reports from these come back quickly. The report will also tell you the stage and grade of her cancer which will determine the likelihood of it returning. My stage and grade was 1b;2. Best wishes. Google Mayo Clinic endometrial cancer.

Question: Friend diagnosed with uterine cancer with no health insurance. What should she do? My friend recently got diagnosed with uterine cancer. She is only 26 years old and does not have health insurance. She cannot afford the diagnostic procedure they want to do to remove the cancer. (D and C?) Is there any program that you know of that can help her? Her daughter is on medical.

Answer: most states have emergency catastropic medicaid. she can call her county health department, or talk to the social service department at the hospital in her community. there are a few programs out there. this is another reason to pass universal health care. how awful. im sorry.

Question: Can anyone tell me anything about uterine cancer? How is it bad? What are the treatments for it? Treatments including phyisical and psychological What will most likely be the results of the treatments? What are the symtoms that someone might experience when they have uterine cancer? and What tests should be done to figure out that someone has this cancer? Thank you :)

Answer: Go to the American Cancer Society website www.cancer.org The site is extremely user friendly and will give you details on all types of cancer, tests, treatment options, what to expect during and after treatment. You can also call their call center 24 hours a day at 1-800-ACS-2345 There are highly trained, live people on the line to answer all your questions. Fear of the unknown is the worst.

Question: Does estrogen dominance always cause uterine cancer? If the hormones are imbalanced, does strogen dominance always cause uterine cancer and how long can someone live like this without complications?

Answer: No Laea. it does not cause endometrial cancer in everyone. Smoking cigarettes for many years does not always cause lung cancer. Estrogen excess is just a risk factor. This should be managed by your gynecologist.

Question: I have cervical and uterine cancer should I get a particial hysterectomy or a full hysterectomy? Also what are the chances of the cancer spreading to my ovaries and should the doctor tack my bladder when he's done. Also how long is the healing process afterwards. Ihave asked the doctor about a full hysterectomy but he said I was to young and thats why he wants to do a particial

Answer: I don't know about the bladder part, but I would recommend the full hysterectomy. That procedure will remove all of the type of tissue that has the cancer (your cervix and uterus). Whether or not the cancer will spread depends on the type of tumor you have--is it benign or malignant? If it is benign, then that is a type of tumor that does not spread. A malignant tumor can and will spread unless all of the cancerous cells are removed. If you remove all of the cancerous tissue, then the chances will be lower that it will spread. Talk your doctor about all of these questions, and if his answer isn't enough, then talk to another doctor--or two or three. This isn't the time to be relying totally on facts off the internet, though researching things yourself is smart and can point you in the right direction. I hope everything goes smoothly, and take care!

Question: How dangerous is the vaccine for uterine cancer? I hear a lot about serious reactions, so why are girls taking it?

Answer: By all accounts, safety tracking and studies done in the US, Europe, Japan and others, the vaccine is extremely safe and has a lower incidence of even mild side effects than most other vaccines. There are however, a lot of people who do not like the idea of this vaccine, because it is against an infection that is acquired primarily by sexual transmission. Religious right and extreme conservative groups have essentially launched a propaganda war against it because of this, portraying adverse events and deaths which have nothing to do with the vaccine as being caused by it. Really, one of the more prominent cases involves a girl with a severe heart condition dying of that heart condition - absolutely nothing to do with the vaccine at all.

Question: Does anyone have a copy of an ovarian cancer and/or uterine cancer pathology report? I'm in need of example reports and cannot seem to find anyone who has one or both. The local hospitals will not give me anything, not even with personal info marked out. Obviously I would want you to send me one with your personal info marked out. All I'm interested are the different ways the reports look and what info is on them. Hopefully someone or several people can help me. Thanks!

Answer: I highly doubt anyone would want to send you this info, even with the personal info blocked out.. its pretty private and personal info. Heck, I even hate reading my own report, much less send it to a stranger. Attached is a site that may help you with what you need.

Question: What are the uterine cancer mortality rates in the US? No I don't have any staging or type info yet. I am just doing a broad search.

Answer: Uterine cancer, also called endometrial cancer, will strike more than 40,000 US women annually, and kill 7,090 of those women. The most common symptom is irregular vaginal bleeding.

Question: Does uterine cancer always come from the humane papilloma virus? What are some other causes?

Answer: Angelina - The answer is NO! The HPV causes one type of cancer of the uterus (squamous cell carcinoma) and in the "neck" of the uterus called the cervix. There is also an adenocarcinoma of certain glands in the wall of the cervix and another adenocarcinoma of the lining of the uterus, the endometrium = endometrial adenocarcinoma. The smooth muscle wall of the uterus rarely produces a cancer known as leiomyosarcoma. Only the first cancer mentioned above is known to be caused by a virus. Others are often hormone-related.

Question: does having an aunt with uterine cancer make me more likely to have ovarian cancer? recently the doctor found a tumor in my right ovary and i have yet to make a follow up. but i just wanted to know how likely it is that this tumor could be cancerous considering i had a great aunt with uterine cancer and a cousin with breast cancer

Answer: Hereditary cancer is rare - fewer than 10% of cancer cases are hereditary. If the two cancers you mention are the only ones in your family, it's very unlikely there is any hereditary cancer in your family. An indication that cancer may be hereditary is when several members of the same side of a family have had the same type of cancer, especially if some of them were diagnosed at a young age. Where there are isolated cases of cancer or several different cancers in a family, it isn't hereditary. And you are considered at possible hereditary risk of a cancer if, as above, there is a strong family history and if close family members have had the cancer. Neither a is the case for you. The faulty genes that are known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer are also linked to hereditary ovarian cancer; but if your cousin's is an isolated case of breast cancer within the family, this is unlikely to be a concern. So no, it's unlikely your family history makes it more likely that you have ovarian cancer; but heredity is only a small part of cancer risk. Good luck with your tests, I hope this turns out ok for you