Hi Connie,

I was diagnosed in June, had a radical hysterectomy plus sentinal lymph nodes and complete omentectomy by keyhole surgery. Final pathology Stage II serous papillary uterine all pathology from surgery came back negative.
Due to my tumour being tp53 mutated I have been recommended to have adjunctive treatment of chemo and radiation.
In answer to your question my integrative oncologist recommended I do a circulating tumour cell (CTCS) count from 20mls of my blood. This was done 2 weeks post surgery and has come back with a significant number of CTSs circulating my body.
I am now awaiting a further test to tell me if any of those cells have stem cell like properties that would indicate they are likely to metastasis.
I will discuss this result with my oncology team to find the lowest dose, least side effect treatment available to me across mainstream and integrative medicines.

This diagnosis is scary, my advice is do your own research, be prepared to advicate for yourself, ask lots of questions of your team and do not agree to anything until you fully understand the true benefit and side effects of your treatment.

I wish you well,

Susan

The answer is no. If it is high grade there is most certainly a chance of recurrence. You might want to review what the signs are of a possible recurrence. You and your cancer team need to be vigilant. Marcia

The short answer is no, probably not. High grade cancers hide in the blood and are currently undetectable by CT/MRI scan until they reach 2-3mm in size, I am not sure how accurate the liquid cDNA biopsy bloodtests are. I would expect you will be offered adjunct treatment due to the high risk of recurrence. A question to ask your oncologist is what the different survival rates are for those patients who receive adjunct therapy and those who chose to forgo adjuvant treatment. Hang in there, it is great your cancer was caught at such an early stage.

I would think after 9 yrs that’s a new cancer not one that came back from the original one? Did you go to MD Anderson?

No, I fall into that 1% of developing a reoccurrence 9 years after original dx. I was stage 1, close to 1a, grade 1 endometroid carcinoma. No LVSI, No lynch. P53 wild type, MSS, pMMR, ER+.

In saying that, most women with my diagnosis go on to live healthy, happy lives.