Has anyone else from B.C. or Alberta been asked to participate in the OVAL-BC Study? They are studying factors that may be related to the development of ovarian cancer.
The B.C. Cancer Agency contacted me and asked if I would be a part of their study. They did a one hour phone interview with questions about my past regarding physical history, family history, nutrition, jobs I have had, places I have lived, etc. They also took a few blood samples I had to get done at a LifeLabs.
They told me that they got my name from the Cancer Registry which I thought was very interesting since the diagnosis on my pathology report was "mucinous borderline tumor of intestinal type, with focal intraepithelial carcinoma" I have heard many people say that borderline tumors are not cancer, but I guess according to the B.C. Cancer Agency and their Cancer Registry they are.
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- By Shamrock2009
- Posted November 1, 2009 at 4:55 pm
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Johns Hopkins has a very good description for borderline tumors:
http://ovariancancer.jhmi.edu/lmp.cfm
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