Cervical Cancer Risk

When a woman is diagnosed with cancer, she needs to consider her family’s history of cancer. Some cancers are inherited; however, most are spontaneous. If there is a concern with a family pattern of cancer, then a thorough family history should be taken. Sometimes this leads to formal genetic counseling with blood testing for specific gene mutations. If you have a specific gene mutation putting you at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, then surveillance testing or procedures are different from those with a spontaneous cancer. Therefore, start with telling your oncologist your family history.

Hello there! I'm sure my surgical team did some tests, and I was told that I would get a "copy" of the study I took part in when it was done, but I never received it. I would have like to know what it said. I don't even know now where or if I could obtain it. It was at University of Alabama Birmingham. Things have changed alot medically, but I still would like to know. They even sent someone out to my house to interview me. I was counting on the information!

Since my uterus was not fully developed in the womb (the mouth, or opening), while I was in-utero, I have wondered if my mother had gene abnormalties, because she had cervical cancer at 36 (I was 12). Her's was caught in a Pap Test early and treated. She did well. But that was so long ago. If both occurrences happened today, I believe at least some of the outcomes would have been different, in a positive way.

My mother did smoke, and drink alcohol occasionally while pregnant. And while there are differences in opinion about this, some medical, some take offense to the suggestion; I believe it has to have a negative effect just by common sense. Especially with two babies at the same time are needing nutrition from the mother.

p.s. Would love to hear from you on this (if you have any thoughts)!