Cervical dysplasia turning into OVCA

[Lisagarr]

I have a friend who is concerned about her dx of cervical dysplasia developing into ovca.  Has anyone experienced this and if so what were your symptoms and diagnosis procedure and what is happening now.  Your help is appreciated, I'm concerned for her and know she is scared.

Thanks!

[Lisagarr]

Thank you for your response.  You have alleviated my fears and I will relay this info to my friend.

I will pray with you that your pap is normal.

Hugs & Kisses,
Lisa

[GlendaS]

I have had both a high grade cervical lesion starting with dysplasia and OVCA and I was told by my gyn and gyn/onc that they were completely unrelated. I had the LEEP procedure and thankfully, did not have cervical cancer. I just had my first pap test since the LEEP yesterday and am praying that it comes back normal. I was told by my gyn that HPV and cervical dysplasia are very common. He said he does about 4 or 5 LEEP procedures a week.

Best wishes,

Glenda

[judgejud]

I have abnormal pap showing cervical dyspasia about 4 years ago. It turned out to be CIN 3 (pre cancer)and the CIN 3 was removed by leeps procedure. CIN 3 is the turning piont for cervical cancer, hence why they removed it. However the doctors and all the reseach I have done, shows that this is very slow process. I was 26-27 at the time, I am now 31 years old. I had to have paps every 6 months for 3 years. I have had no changes to date. Hope this has helped.
Judy

[Lisagarr]

Thank you for responding.  Yes, you are right, it does lead more to cervical cancer.  My friend is pretty worried with family history.  Please, if anyone has experienced this your information would be greatly appreciated.

[Lisagarr]

Thank you all for responding.  My friend's symptoms are the dysplasia which of course started out about 2 years ago as mild and now has progressed.  She had colposocpy today and did not want to talk about it when she was finished so I don't know the results.  She also has painful cyst ruptures during ovulation.  At one point the pain was bad enough to send her to the ER.  The transUS showed no cysts to be of concern and no fibroids.  She also complains of dryness:  mouth, eyes, etc.  But one of the healthiest eaters I know.  She is lactose intolerant and has no dairy but does drink soy milk.

Family history is an aunt with either breast cancer or ovca.  Other members (male and female) with other types of cancer.

We both go to the same gyn practice and they are great drs.  Moved very quickly when I needed surgery to remove my cysts.  Did not have to wait at all from time I was diagnosed to surgery.

Thanks for your help.

[nyc lady]

What symptoms is your friend displaying for her to think that that she has OvCa?  Family history increases the risk by 10%.  Cervical Dyplasia will not develop into OvCa, they are different cell types.  Is it possible for Dyplasia can become Cervical Cancer and Cervical Cancer can spread to other organs, but, it will not cause OvCa.  

I strongly suggest that your friend address all of her fears, including her family history and or any symptoms she might be having.  Has she had a CT Scan or TVUS of her ovaries?

If you can provide us with more specific info, re how she is feeling, test results, etc, we may have more insight to offer.

Best of luck to you and your friend.

[Tybear]

I'm thinking that cervical dysplasia would turn into cervical cancer before it turned into ovarian cancer. (not to say that it will, indeed, turn into cancer at all). I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I don't think one cancer can turn into another - cervical and ovarian cancer are two different diseases. They are treated with different drugs and managed surgically in a different manner. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong...
take care,
Becky