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Is Chemotherapy The Best Option For Endometrial Adenocarcinoma?
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I want to consult health situation of my mother. For about two weeks she had vaginal bleeding. After a series of test, the doctor conducted a hysterectomy operation. Sample of tissue was biopsied, the result was: WELL DIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA.Other findings: chornic cervicitis, corporal albicantha, bilateral ovaries, congestion, bilateral fallopian tubes. The oncologist advised that my mother sh.undergo chemotheraphy. Is it the best option? Please help me.
I want to consult health situation of my mother. For about two weeks she had vaginal bleeding. After a series of test, the doctor conducted a hysterectomy operation. Sample of tissue was biopsied, the result was: WELL DIFFERENTIATED ENDOMETRIAL ADENOCARCINOMA.Other findings: chornic cervicitis, corporal albicantha, bilateral ovaries, congestion, bilateral fallopian tubes. The oncologist advised that my mother sh.undergo chemotheraphy. Is it the best option? Please help me.
Tue, 14 Apr 2015
Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Endometrial carcinoma is highly chemotherapy sensitive.
And surgical removal is treatment of choice for endometrial carcinoma.
During surgery, handling of mass can cause local site spillage of tumour cells.
So possibility of recurrence is high.
This is the reason for post operative chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy will be effective against not only local site but also on systemic spread. It prevents local as well as distal spread.
So chemotherapy is must after hysterectomy in case of endometrial carcinoma.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Endometrial carcinoma is highly chemotherapy sensitive.
And surgical removal is treatment of choice for endometrial carcinoma.
During surgery, handling of mass can cause local site spillage of tumour cells.
So possibility of recurrence is high.
This is the reason for post operative chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy will be effective against not only local site but also on systemic spread. It prevents local as well as distal spread.
So chemotherapy is must after hysterectomy in case of endometrial carcinoma.
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