cervical/ovarian cancer

[jodi440]

when they find atypical glandular cells in your pap, does that mean you have cancer and if so what are the treatments and is it deadly?

[Annekathryn Goodman, M.D.]

Hi there
the cervix has a skin lining layer on the outside called squamous lining.
The cervical canal is lined by glandular cells that function to make mucous.

atypical glandular cells can represent inflammation or a precancerous change, or an actual cancer in the cervix.

The next step is an evalaution of the cervix by colposcopy and possibly a a cervical biopsy called a cone biopsy or a LEEP

sometimes it is also important to evaluate the lining of the uterus with an endometrial biopsy
best wishes

[mandy1442]

dear doc. my name is mandy, i am 32 y.old and mother of 2 boys (almost 5 and 2). i always had cysts on my ovaries, esp.right side. since few months now have problems there again, swellings you can see and feel from outside mostly right side with pain. my periods are very irregular, last one was from sep.4 until sept.27 very slow flow with bloody watery discharge the 3rd week. the periods before mostly 2 weeks long and slow flow or one week very very heavy painful flow with clots. my breasts have pain sometimes and my family doc felt a lymp in my left breast and swellings under both breasts that feel tender sometimes painful esp.when my kids jump on me...and swollen lymph nodes under both armpits towards the breasts. swollen lymph nodes in abdomen and ovaries area and also inside my upper legs and one lymphnode swollen since april or so in backside of my neck. any advise to that? my fam.doc ordered mammogram and ultrasound. but right now i dont have money for that and checking out where to go for that. cancer is in my family: my dad died at age 55 on cancer (diff.kinds i think, in whole body), his mom breast cancer took one breast off, her sister breast cancer also, my dads father died on cancer when he was only 28 y.old. my dad, his mom and her dad (my great grandpa) had RA. i have underactive thyroid, found out that in sept.2008 and very elevated testosterone level. lots of body aches in flares, swelling over right knee sometimes i cant walk or barely walk and feel so tired and ill. night sweats a lot, mood swings, ice cold feet since 2007 when my 2nd boy was born, had bad hairloss in jan.2008...etc. any advise? thanks and god bless.

[Plonanon]

Here is a link from 2007 that gives some information on this:

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Ovarian-Cancer/cause-of-atypical-glandular-cells-in-cervix/show/279630