Necessary Treatment

[jdw8341]

I am a foreigner living in the Philippines.  In April my wife had her myoma removed and the laboratory results for the pathologist read:

Moderately-Differentiated Adenocarcinoma Endocervix.

So we went to an oncologist and with nothing more than the lab results she said my wife needed chemo, radiation, and cobalt treatment over the next 6-8 months.  

I don't have a problem paying for this treatment, but I have heard horror stories about foreigners being taken advantage of here in the Philippines and I would hate to have her undergo these "uncomfortable" treatments unecessarily.

We asked the oncologist about a test to verify she had cancer in her body, since the only evidence was the myoma, which was removed.  We were more or less told the test was very expensive and would unnecessairly delay her treatments.  This made "red flags" go off in my mind.  I find it hard to believe that the test for this cancer is more expensive than the treatments.  The test is called a CT scan.  

My question is really in this situation are we being pushed to undergo treatment that may or may not be necessary and more important is there any test to verify rather she actually has cancer or not and if yes...what can you tell me about it.

Thank you

[jdw8341]

Is a CT scan able to detect this type of cancer.  I have an idea what a CT scan is, but am not sure what it is able to detect as far as cancer is concerned.  Is there any tests that would tell us if she actually has cancer

[DebM412]

I would definetely have the CT scan first. And this is not more money than the treatments.

Good luck!