She's 60, had the hystrectomy already. The cancer had spread to local lymph nodes and the peritenial wall only. They reduced the size of those masses, and now they are putting in some sort of port for the chemo. T

My wife and mother in law don't want to know anything about odds etc. of beating it or survival rates or anything like that. They just want to stay positive and assume that she'll beat it. I understand that, and respect it.

But I'd like to know what we're looking at here. Is that a terminal situation? curable? likely curable? They may not want to know, and I won't let on to anything, but I think it best if someone knows so that I can gently plan for likely outcomes, good or bad.

Can anyone direct me to some sort of statistics/odds??

I am asuming you are referring to ovarian cancer so in that case:

It sounds like your mother-in-law was diagnosed at the same stage I was 2 years ago. I was also diagnosed at stage 3C. It is good that your wife and Mother-in-law are trying to remain optimistic. I am a firm believer that sheer determination and optimism can work miracles. I have seen it happen. But on the realistic statisticle side:

The prognosis for survival from ovarian cancer is largely dependent upon the extent of disease at diagnosis. The five year survival rate for stage III ovarian cancer is 20%-50%.

But this is my opinion on that: We "won" the illness lottery by having this disease and so we must be lucky which means we have the "luck" we need to be in the 20-50%.

Good luck :angel:

Thanks for the reply. Yeah it's ovarian. Those odds aren't pretty, but they are not impossible either.

Boy, cancer just plain stinks.:mad:

So she's post operation and going through the chemo. They did a CA-125 test, and its down to 30!!!!! (It had been up in the thousand range i think before treatment???)

Anyhow, just posting what appears to be a success story in the making.


Keep the faith and keep fighting.:angel:

Keep us updated as it's always nice to hear a happy ending!!! And feel free to stop by again with questions.

Good luck! We are ALL thinking of your mother in law!