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Signet ring tumors may originate from a variety of sites, and generally do not behave well. Your best option would be to locate a cancer center with access to clinical trials to be able to see if there are new treatment options that might have more hope than traditional ones. But I do share your hope, and a trust, that God will bless you and your mother in this no matter the outcome. In drawing closer to him through such a trial, the goodness of his love is manifest in both healing and comfort, either way.

I believe that link is to the Path Resident Basics playlist, th-cam.com/play/PLymhjUM3yPPpjHnFeSsOfta-O-HWQyAqL.html which works for me. One of the links in the description to the UMich slides is now protected by a password, so not public any longer. Let me know if this solves your need.

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Thanks for your question. It is a good one and the answer is that it depends mostly on how large the nodule is and where it is. But there is little data to be able to predict well who will and who may not.

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IPMN of main ductal type will show diffuse dilatation of the main duct while LEC would not be connected to the main duct and not dilate the duct. Side branch IPMN may often have multiple cystic areas and is most common in the head and body wheras LEC is usually in the tail

@LewisHassell-OPEN thank you

Without further details about the stage of the disease and what treatment options are available, it is hard to offer much useful information on this. It would be best to counsel with the gynecologic oncologist who is treating her for this kind of information. I commend you for going in search of information, but in this case, information from the internet may be misleading and is best ignored, or used as a basis for discussion with the clinical provider. That said, there are good treatments, and more coming, for certain of the gynecologic cancers, offering cure, or prolonged survival in some instances. I hope your mother falls into a favorable category with those.

@@LewisHassell-OPEN Her stage is 2A. Present on right Ovary and fallopian tube and then on left Ovary.

So aggregate survival is around 70% but individual issues can influence that both up or down. mnovarian.org/stage-2/#:~:text=Most%20women%20diagnosed%20with%20Stage,the%20cancer%20responds%20to%20treatment.&text=Treatment%20for%20Stage%202%20ovarian,therapy%20or%202)%20combination%20chemotherapy.

Glad it was helpful! Best wishes with STEP 1. Seems so long ago- Dubai! Much has happened since then.

@@LewisHassell-OPEN same here- been a long year.

​@@LewisHassell-OPENI have esophageal ulcer herpes simplex virus after throat ulcer I have multiple 4 th jeneration test multiple viral load test negative my exposure 3 year still negative no other immunological problem but Google says rare healthy adult this hsv infection

Glad it was helpful!

It is important to stage borderline tumors. Foci of invasive (low grade serous carcinoma) can be present in the peritoneum or other sites co-existant with a borderline tumor in the ovary. That said, if you already had surgery, there may be reasons to follow clinically rather than going back to stage, but it would depend on factors like risk of surgery, age, size of the tumor(s) and family history. It's not common to find areas of invasion, but it is something we see from time to time (say once a year in a large center.)

There are lots of unanswered questions about this. Most infections are not symptomatic and the source of infection or transmission likewise unknown. Sometimes there is a discharge a bit like diarrhea and some patients have had other risk factors like HIV or immunosuppressant treatment. So if you can keep talking to your care team you may help them “hear” the answers in your story. Otherwise one hopes you continue to be “otherwise healthy!”