Dear All,
My mother was diagonsed with Stage 3 MMMT cancer two years ago. She is 50 years old. We have no family of history of any type of cancer on both sides of her parents. It came completely out of the blue. She had a hysterectomy which revealed three large masses: one in her uterus and one on each ovary, and she had some peritoneal seeding. Her Ca-125 was in the 500's. She recieved 6 months worth of carboplatin-paclitaxol, and we thought we were in the clear. after 7 months of rigorous testing, monitoring, with CT scans and the like, we found two nodes popped up: one in her paraaortic lymph node and one paradiaphragmatic lymph node. She started chemo therapy once more because the PET scan proved they were positive for growth and they appeared to be growing. She started a new drug called Doxil (liposomal Doxirubicin). After two sessions of that, a third lymph node popped up under her armpit (the axilla), and after much testing, we just today found that to be positive for breat cancer. Her CA-125 level is 17. I am 25 years old and my CA-125 lever is 17. I do not have cancer and my mother does. I am a medical student and know that CA-126 is a nonspecific marker that can be found in the body, and happens to increase in alot of women with ovarian cancer, but can also be increased with inflammation and sickness and the like. I was just wondering if anyone else had a story similar to mine., While I am familiar with alof of aspects of medicine, MMMT is an EXTREMELY rare cancer type and there are not alot of studies on it. I know the prognosis is poor, but I don't know how poor. I do not know how many years I have with my mother, especially due to the recurrence and the addition of a new cancer type. Is this common (to have a new cancer grow on top of an old one?) I just wanted to get my story out there, and I'm crossing my fingers that someone can share some information with me or that I have helped someone in some way. Looking forward to responses, ~Sulana.