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Re: Endo cancer
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Aug 29 15:43:16 2007
one thing that can be helpful is to get your hormones checked...low
levels of progesterone can exist in women with cancer....progesterone
can be prescribed and help with any kind of cancer involving these kinds
of things
At Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Jess wrote:
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>At Wed, 29 Aug 2007, mecy wrote:
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>>I recently had a large endometrioma removed along with my right ovary. A
>>small portion was found to be malignant, 4mm. The pathology reports
>>that the cancer is not ovarian but is from the endo. I was not aware
>>endometriosis could become cancer. Has anyone heard of cases where
>>cancer has shown up from endo?
>>Could my endo cancer be a form of uterine cancer?
>>My mother has breast cancer, so I wonder if our cancers are related to
>>the gene mutation.
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>>Thanks,
>>mecy
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>Hi Mercy,
>First off, I am so sorry for the results of your pathology reports. I'm
>sure it was very unexpected, and now even more scary because you don't
>know the origin of the cancer. I honestly don't have any answers that
>will help you, but I wanted to reach out to you because you mentioned
>your mom having breast cancer. My mom passed away from breast cancer
>after 6 1/2 years with it 4 years ago. My dad also thinks my mom had
>Endo that was never diagnosed because she and I apparently had the same
>symptoms at the same age range (she then got prego and the symptoms for
>her seemed to disapate). I have been paranoid that somehow Endo is
>related and I will have the same outcome of a cancer diagnosis from all
>of this. I too want to know badly if there is a link/higher risk
>because of my mom's history and Endo.
>
>Let me know what you learn in the future about this...I wish you the
>best.
>
>--
>Jess
>
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