A question for Anne V.

[Guest guest]

Hi Anne, I was just reviewing the Database and noticed that you are

a gynecologist! I don't think I knew that before or maybe I did

and " chemo brain " overruled. Anyway - I have a question for you.

I was diagnosed with high-dysplasia from a PAP I had last November

(almost a year ago now) and had a loop procedure done. The result

of that was that was that the loop removed the pre-cancerous area

but that the high-grade dysplasia remained in my cervial canal.

After consulting with a gyn. oncol. we decided that I'd have a

hysterectomy. But.........in prep for that - my breast cancer was

discovered, diagnosed, treated, etc. and the hysterectomy was put on

hold. Now, since I've completed my treatment plan, I followed up

with the gyn oncol. and he did a repeat PAP which was, in his

words, " clean " . I asked him if the chemo I had gotten to treat the

B/C would have taken care of the dysplasia. His response

was " probably not " , that A/C chemo is specifically for B/C and

should not have effected the cervical area. But, he could not

explain why I had a normal PAP either. In my mind, if there is a

chance that the high-grade dysplasia is still there, I do want the

hysterectomy. I am 48 and now in menopause anyway so........

My questions is, what would be your " take " on this? Have you ever

heard of a case where chemo for B/C affected another possible

cancer? My guess would be that there are not alot of studies out

there about this situation, but I'd be interested to know what you

think?

Thanks for reading.

Smiles!

Ellen