Valarie: I was diagnosed with stage 3 endrometrial cancer in 2000. I was 64 at the time and had gone through menopause, so I knew the bleeding I had and the severe cramps had to be something wrong with me. I finally went to the doctor who had taken care of me for 18 years, and she finally decided it was time to have a biopsy. She had ignored me and the signs thinking I just wanted attention. I had to have a complete hystorectomy and did't agree with the kind of radiation they were going to give me. They told me I would have to have a colostmy and also would loose control of my bladder for the rest of my life. This was NOT AGREEABLE with my husband or myself. I went to the MaGee Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. and had my radiation therapy. They used an IMRT machine which radiates only the places where the cancer was removed, not the entire stomach area which involved other organs not cancerous. I had 25 of these treatments, one a day Monday thru Friday and 2 internal treatments each a day apart. I'm proud to say I'm a suvivor and DO GET A SECOND OPINION. Don't rely on just one doctors' word. Sally