Untreated Endometrial Cancer, What Are The Long-Term Risk Factors?

[sraphael]

My mother has just had an endometrial polyp removed and it's gone to pathology to be analyzed for any cancerous cells. I'm very worried about my mother's cancer risk. She's had uncontrollable uterine bleeding, to the point where it can only be stopped by progesterone tablets, indicating high estrogen levels. She has endometrial hyperplasia and a long standing history of endometreosis. Her father had benign colon polyps and her mother had breast cancer.

[carrela1]

Thank you for this information. For reasons I won't go into, my mother refuses to get treatment for her uterine cancer and won't even have it staged. Do you know what kind of a time frame we're looking at from when it began, to when it can start to spread?

[empowher]

@carrela1 Hi, I'm so sorry to hear that. WIthout more information, it is hard to answer. Cancer really varies from each individual case. Please log onto EmpowHER.com to ask a health question, learn more about this and other conditions, and connect with others.

Best.