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Scary - need opinions

Scary - need opinions

Hi Ladies,
Well I am on day 6 of my IVF cycle and the RE office calls and tells me I need a biopsy for endometrial cancer because my pap from May came back showing excess tissue.
I cant have the biopsy without stopping the IVF cycle.
They said that chances are its just left over  tissue being shed from my AF which started 6 days before Pap.  My AF is usually done in 4 days.  
If the IVF is not successful then I can have the biopsy next month.  If the IVF is successful, then I have to wait 9 months.
I do not want to stop my cycle - I am 44.
They say that my chances of having cancer are less than my chances of getting pregnant.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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wow, no one can tell you how to handle this but you.  i did have an endometrial biopsy before, not during fertility treatments, but during diagnosis.  my dr. was fine with me ttc as long as biopsy was done before day 10.  i don't know if that is different due to ivf.  also, have you thought about what you will do if the results are not good?  my biopsy showed possible pre-cancerous cells, and i was told to have a d&c within the next few weeks to check for cancer cells, which i did.  thankfully, i was clear.  but if your biopsy comes out positive, then you will sched. a d&c for the next month, then if cancer is shown, a hyst.  
if it were me, i would proceed with this cycle, but that is me, and i am not telling you what to do.  only b/c chances are low, i know i would still want this possibly last try and b/c of age.  please update, and keeping fingers crossed, that, like me, this road leads nowhere.
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