@mema2 Hello, and welcome. That’s very good news that the clear cell carcinoma was removed with no evidence in any in the specimens sent to pathology. Was your surgery a bilateral oophorectomy (both ovaries removed)? How are you feeling? A PET scan will detect signs of activity where there is glucose uptake activity - will you have a PET/CT or PET/MR that will also show bones, organs, and tissue also? I am hopeful after your surgery that the PET will be negative. If there are no signs of cancer shown in the PET Scan I would imagine that you will return to your oncologist on a regular basis for what is called cancer surveillance. That way you will be checked on a regular basis.

I am on a 4-month schedule for cancer surveillance where I return every four months and have a CT Scan and physical exam. I had endometrial cancer (endometrioid adenocarcinoma, FIGO 1, Stage 1a) in 2019 and these regular follow-up appointments revealed a recurrence in 2021. I had radiation therapy for the recurrence and in retrospect I am so glad that I keep those regular follow-up appointments. I have another one coming up next week.

When will you see your oncologist again?