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From slow to very fast. What to do ?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Mar 4, 2023 | Replies (25)

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@paulass

Yes, you have many options! There is an exceptional website, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc (National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health) that has thousands of medical articles and research studies written by doctors all over the world. Be sure the page that pulls up shows PMC PubMed Central. You may benefit having a friend who is a nurse who can explain some of the medical terminology for you. I found several research study articles regarding the effectiveness of the two chemo therapy drugs that were recommended to me for my metastatic endometrial cancer. At the end of these articles it said it had been found that these two drugs were NOT effective for endometrial cancer. I chose not to have chemo. I was told by an oncologist that I would die in a year if I did not have chemo. I've been living a wonderful life for six years now! I skipped having nausea, vomiting and hair loss from chemo, and only take pain medication twice a day! I hope you find some articles at PMC that will help you make decisions about your specific chemo treatment!

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Awesome @paulass ! What an inspiration! Yes, doctors give their best guess for life expectancy, but I believe God is totally in control. Thrilled that you are well and your quality of life is good!

Hello and thank you for your post.
May I ask what 2 agents were recommended? I am currently receiving Carboplatin and paclitaxel. Are you recievingother complimentary treatments?

All the best,

@paulass. Thank the for the reference to the National Library of Medicine.

Cancers are not alike so what is recommended by the doctors will be based on the type of uterine cancer and the stage. Everyone needs to make their own decision on whether or not they will pursue the additional treatment such as chemotherapy based on the available information. The survival rates for cancer again depends on the kind of cancer and stage. For instance, there are different types of endometrial cancer and some are more aggressive cancers than others.

-- https://www.cancer.org/cancer/endometrial-cancer/about/what-is-endometrial-cancer.html

What kind of cancer were you diagnosed with? And what was the stage?