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Originally Posted by Nightengale212
I beg to differ!!! I am a 10 year endometrial cancer survivor, and although my doctor thought I was nuts thinking something was seriously wrong with me because I had such minor symptoms, he agreed to do an endometrial biopsy at my insistence. A week after the biopsy was taken I received a call from my doctor informing me I had cancer. Two weeks later I was in the operating room, and by the Grace of God my aggressive grade cancer was caught at an early stage. Had my cancer been caught at a more advanced stage I would likely not be here today as late stage endometrial cancer has a poor prognosis.
Each year when I have my annual appointment with my doctor he tells me everytime he questions whether or not to do a endometrial biopsy on a woman with similar symptoms that I had he goes the biopsy route. Thus far, 5 women who my doctor prior to his experience with me likely would not have done biopsies on came back positive for endometrial cancer and had successful treatment becaue their cancesr was caught early.
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You quoted me as saying the following: "The problem is sometimes one of catching
certain cancers too early which leads to unnecessary treatments."
Notice I didn't say ALL cancers, I said
certain cancers.
Sometimes with early detection it's difficult to be certain if a cell is actually cancerous or not. These bad looking cells sometimes clear up and go away on their own. I wasn't talking about endometrial cancer.