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Someone told me that if my biopsy came back as cancer they won't treat it with conization or leep. Is this true? I thought those are treatments for Cervical Cancer???
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cervical cancer treatment
- By twina246
- Posted January 5, 2009 at 9:46 am · 3 replies
- In Cervical cancer stages and treatment
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- By Jodi_ayn
- Posted January 5, 2009 at 11:55 am
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When I was originally diagnosed with cerv cancer in 2002, the first procedure I had was a conization. They said it was a larger biopsy in the shape of a cone to see how deep and wide the margins were. I was also told that it was possible that if they were able to get clear margins on the edges of the cone, then I wouldn't need any further treatment because that alone could get all the cancer out. Unfortunately that wasn't true for me, but I think it could be true for others.
That's my 2 cents!
Jodi
- By amy_belle
- Posted January 5, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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I think it may depend on the size and type of the cancer. Mine was too large for cone or LEEP. Mine was small enough to have the trachelectomy surgery though (<2 cm).
Amy
- By indigo9
- Posted January 5, 2009 at 6:35 pm
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Echoing what Jodi and Amy said, sometimes they are sufficient treatment for small lesions. I had a cone biopsy that determined that mine is only 1mm, but because of the type (adenocarcinoma), more has to be removed.
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