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Re: cancerFor more information on symptoms and treatment of endometriosis visit www.EndometriosisZONE.org. From: Lea (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 12 Jun 1998 06:37:01 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 11 Jun 1998, William D. McIntosh, MD wrote: > >At Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Lea wrote: >> >>At Wed, 10 Jun 1998, christine wrote: >>> >I am not familiar with such an article. I wrote to reassure the the >dysplasia that you mentioned is not a risk factor for OVARIAN cancer, >just CERVICAL cancer, and your cervix is now gone! Your risk of ovarian >cancer is probably rather low, unless you have a strong family history >of ovarian cancer, though not as low as it would be with both ovaries >removed. Still, depending on your age, the health benefits of the >continued estrogen production from your remaining ovary are likely to be >huge. >I have seen a report that a woman with a single retained ovary is more >likely to have subsequent surgery on that ovary than a woman with both >ovaries retained, but malignacy is still rare. > >-- >William D. McIntosh, MD > >This is not intended to replace consultation and examination >by a medical practitioner. > Thank you for your reassuring words
-- Lea Hoffman
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