Grade 3 endometriod carcinoma

Hello Lara Lou I remember you from previous posts Hope you are doing well I used to be poppydust/Petronella but had to change due to problems logging on I am not an oncologist but my understanding is that endometrioid cancer is cancer of the endometrium the lining of the womb Adenoma is the type of cancer and usually the least aggressive There is controversy about grade three which some oncologists feel should be regarded as a type 2 ie in the same category as some of the more aggressive cancers such as serous I was diagnosed with Stage 3A Grade 3 adenocarcinoma I had my total hysterectomy EIGHT YEARS ago actually yesterday and declined the offered 25 fractions of pelvic radiotherapy and I’m still here fit and well and just as awful Hope your aunt has the same good outcome Just try to be as healthy as you can and enjoy life We are living in such uncertain times who knows what tomorrow will bring 

love best wishes and kind thoughts to you dear Lara Lou your aunt and all the lovely ladies on this forum

petronella xx

Hi poppy, as soon as I saw your name I knew it was you, I remember you well, I also remember your story declining the radiotherapy and I also understood why, can’t believe it was 8 years ago though although it must be as you were already half way through when I first met you, great to hear that you are doing so well my lovely, great news…..thank you for replying about my aunt, I have also heard that grade 3 was being considered as a type 2 cancer this was my confusion, that and the adeno part missing, but apparently adeno means it starts in the glands and non adeno in the skin layers etc, both start in same place but one is skin and one is glands, I am just praying that the mri and ct scans do not show it anywhere else, we think she has had it about 28 months which worries me at a grade 3 level, thanks again poppy, take care xx

Hi Laralou,

Sorry to hear about your aunt. I am diagnosed as Grade 3 Stage 4b and I'm sure mine is endometrioid, sorry, currently having chemo and not at home to check my clinic letters. I have a squamous cell differentation though, which is very rare, which normally occurs in cervical or skin cancer, so that would make sense as endometrioid.

I can only have chemo and radio as treatment options as mine is not DNA or hormone receptive. My CNS told me that these aggressive cells are better receptive to chemo and I am having a good response according to midway CT and am not yet finished the cycles. The cancer has gone from my lungs and bones. She told me that she has found that the oncologists can usually offer more treatment as long as I am physically able to take it. Please click on my username for more information.

I'm not sure that I've answered your questions but I hope I've given you some hope. Best wishes to you and your aunt.

A x

Hi Lara lou xx

I found this on Cancer Research website www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../types-of-cancer

• carcinoma – this cancer begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. There are different subtypes, including adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and transitional cell carcinoma
• sarcoma – this cancer begins in the connective or supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat, muscle or blood vessels

Hope that helps, Barb xx

Oh bless your heart sistermoon, you have had such a lot to deal with, I am so so sorry, I hope you ar3 feeling comfortable and I hope they can continue finding new and advanced treatments going forward, you are a very brave lady and very selfless to then take time to reply to me, thank you so much xx

Thank you barb, I think carcinoma is still a type 1 cancer like adenocarcinoma , just one starts in skin and one in glands xx

Hello again Lara Lou Sorry I didn’t really answer your question Endometrioid carcinoma and adenocarcinoma are the same 

Hope this helps 

Best wishes Petronella xx

Thank you hun, so I was right in assuming it was the same but one starts in glands other in skin? So it is still a type 1 cancer and not the really bad ones? However the grade is not good is it, I’m just praying she is low stage xx