PAP identifying uterine cancer-Your opinions please

sunflash

My UPSC was also detected via

My UPSC was also detected via my pap smear. I had atypical glandular cells showing endometrial origin in my paps......2 consecutive. All further tests, (biopsy, ultrasound, etc) came back normal. My dr told me my uterus was shedding cells when it shouldn't be, and we could sit around and wait for it to turn into cancer or do a hysterectomy now. Well, I elected for the hysterectomy, and the pathology showed a tiny nodule embedded between the inner and outer walls of my uterus. It was less than 1/2 a centimeter......but was clearly UPSC. 

So I'm in the "a pap saved my life" group. Cheese, so sorry you're going through this!! Sometimes life just isn't fair! 

Red Dahlia

Endometrial cells on pap smear

Two years prior to my cancer diagnosis my Pap smear showed endometrial cells.  I was told normal because I hadn't gone through menopause yet, but I could have a biopsy done if I wanted. I had the biopsy and it came back with finding of disordered proliferatibe endometrium.  Told that was totally normal. Two years later stage 3A endometrial cancer diagnosis.  I'm guessing that wasn't normal!

Moped7946

PAP tests etc

I don't think there is any way to determine whether someone has endometrial cancer without an actual tissue sample. I wasn't taken seriously about my health issues until I told my Primary Care Doc I had pain during intercourse...this after having told her I was bleeding like a stuck hog after having no periods for almost a year...passing clots, unrelenting fatigue, living in misery...they did a D & C (probably not the best idea all things considered) and tested (part of?) the tissue for cancer...I was told it probably was not cancer...it was...got a radical/total hysterctomey...was told again it probably isn't serious...found out it was stage lllc...I am not sure there are non-invasive tests available for endometrial cancer...and I am not sure why when you get older they don't do PAP tests as frequently...none of this makes any sense...

 

TAyers

Endometrial cells on your pap
Endometrial cells on your pap can be an indicator of cancer in post menopausal women. I had endometrial cells right before my diagnosis, but I was not postmenopausal, so no red flags went up. I did have an ablation that masked thing.