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Re: Oophorectomy versus Hysterectomy

From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 01:58:26 -0500 (CDT)

At Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Patty wrote: >
>I am 43 and was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer last October. I
>had a lumpectomy, sentinal node biopsy (clean nodes), chemo, and am
>currently doing radiation. Because my mother had ovarian cancer and
>because my cancer was estrogen receptive, my medical oncologist
>recommends removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes by laprascopic
>surgery. My ob/gyn argues that I should have a full surgical
>hysterectomy because (1) I don't need the uterus and could develop
>problems with it later (e.g., bleeding) and (2) an abdominal surgical
>removal of the ovaries will be more likely to completely remove the
>ovaries and pedicles than the lapracopic procedure. I can't seem to
>find any information related to which procedure to choose. Any advice
>or guidance would be appreciated!

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I'm wondering if you ever received a response to your oophorectomy versus hysterectomy question?  I have to make the same decision now, having been diagnosed with metastatic estrogen receptive breast cancer to the sternum we want to eliminate all the estrogen producers from my body, my surgeon wants to remove the uterus too, but I don't see why -- he says there are no statistics or studies, but "they" do find that there can be an increased risk of uterine cancer once someone has had breast cancer.  Any info would be helpful.

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