Another Professional Advice

(from a radiation oncologist)

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uterine sarcomas are fairly rare the best current advice on proper treatment is from the NCCN go to http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/uterine.pdf

There is also a web site about uterine sarcomas : http://www.aboutcancer.com/uterus_sarcoma.htm

if the woman has a hysterectomy it may be possible at the time of surgery to preserve the ovaries and transpose them (move them out of the pelvic area) so that if postOp radiation is used the ovaries can be spared.... if the surgeon didn't move them then routine postOp radiation to the pelvic region would basically wipe out the ovaries"

Ahem. So the oncologist said that she would try to avoid radiation after the trachelectomy because it would wipe out the ovaries. I heard two possible solutions after the hysterectomy:

- this "surgical" trick
- take a special hormone to shut down the ovaries during the radiation cycle

In passing...I read. People with stage I disease have a 50% survival rate. People with Mixed Mullerian Tumors (mine :)) in some cases 33%.

But then stats mean nothing :) Nobody gets hit by a whale either. Or it's just like someone telling you that you have 50% chances to have a boy (Vs. a girl). It's not really helpful in your case, eg. it doesn't give you any info about the gender of your child...