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Type of surgeon for BRCA/high risk hysterectomy?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Sep 22 6:59pm | Replies (8)

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@mommacandy

i know i'm a bit late in responding but definitely find a gyn-oncology surgeon for it if you haven't already...no idea what area you're from but the surgeon at UVA who did mine was FANTASTIC...they went in and removed my ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervis, omentum, and while he was in there he found it on my appendix, meso-appendix, and also my pelvic abdominal wall that he removed nodes from that he wasn't expecting to find...he did what he called tumor debulking which was essentially removing EVERYTHING that he thought might have cancer cells on it...he removed some lesions near my rectal and bladder areas for pathology as well but both of those showed no remaining cancer cells just scar tissue from the chemo i'd been on...he DID leave 2 small areas near my colon that he said were less than a cm in size and the reason for leaving those is that would have resulted in me having a colostomy bag and the way i responded to chemo he hoped the chemo after surgery would get those...since my CA 125 is now at 12 i'm assuming it did...we'll know for sure after my next CT scan...but yes i think a gyn onc surgeon is the way to go....

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I agree. You need a gyne-oncologist. Not only are they more experienced at identifying potentially problematic tissue but they are trained to do the surgery to avoid spread of any rogue cancer cells. Nothing is perfect but a gyne-oncologist should be your first choice. Good luck going forward.