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How to handle 3 conflicting pathology reports?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Mar 28 7:44pm | Replies (16)

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I came here to suggest you assume the worst case scenario when I saw that lathomasmd already done so. I was in a similar situation. After surgery, I was told by UCI that my cancer was only in my uterine lining, then told by UCLA that they found no cancer at all (I was shocked but thrilled), then told by MSK that not only did I have cancer but it had spread beyond the lining into my myometrium (increasing the probability of recurrence). This happened over several weeks so I was just mentally exhausted! Didn't know what to think. Then it all started over again! One said no chemo, the other said chemo, and third said it doesn't matter because it's too late. It was torture! After months of overthinking it all, I just decided to assume the worst case scenario. I have serous endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma (very aggressive). Athough it's too late for chemo, I'm extreme in watching for signs of recurrence.

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I’m not understanding your remark “too late for chemo”…..

@inquirer thank you. I'm sorry you had that experience. I'm now also getting a recommendation to do Brachy alone but they "will offer" chemo (fewer rounds than standard) because I " am interested" (love that framing).

This is so frustrating because the logic of interpreting the path reports and then application of ESTRO guidelines isn't making sense to me. And, now, they are saying I have 2 weeks to decide because after that we ate getting too close to the 4-month window.