10 years later non BRCA ovarian cancer

[v-ness]

cathy - i am sorry to read that you have to deal with cancer yet again but so happy to read that you caught the ovarian at stage 1. that is amazing, because usually it's caught so much later because of the lack of symptoms. my mom had a couple vague symptoms even when hers was late stage. i was worried about the ovarian cancer so i had my last remaining removed as soon as i could. unfortunately, mom's was a rare one - primary peritoneal - and you don't even need to *have* ovaries to get it. i would be really interested to hear if you find anything out about an association with her2. in fact, i might ask my oncologist, who was also mom's. there is one benefit to remaining on tamoxifen for the foreseeable future, and that is that my onco stays on top of me even beyond 5 yrs out. good luck to you, i hope the chemo goes well and you kick it! valerie

[Cathya]

Hi Valerie;

I am definitely lucky as I had no symptoms at all. According to the pathology report it is a high grade serous carcinoma arising in a background of borderline tumour. I have an appointment with the oncologist next Friday and am wondering how to approach this. I am asking about Her2 and am also wondering about ER/PR. I'm wondering about genetic testing. They are sending me on but am thinking that I should have both my breast cancer and ovarian tumours tested and compared. I would be very interested in what your oncologist says and any ideas. You were so right to worry about this and take action. Honestly it never crossed my mind. How foolish in hindsight. I will post any info I get for sure.

Take care,

Cathy