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What exactly does "precancerous" mean?
I need to vent/process and I am hoping maybe some of you can help me.
My mom has colon cancer (stage one and they were able to remove it completely, yay!) BUT she has Lynch syndrome, which is a genetic type of CC. They are unable to test for her mutation. Presumably they will find it sometime in the decade or so but for now my siblings and I have a 50% chance of inheriting, and should "assume we have it".
My sister, at age 25, just had her first of many colonoscopies, and they found precancerous polyps. Which means she does have Lynch, and she WILL get CC, it is just a matter of when. And following that, she has a very elevated risk of lots of other kinds of cancers.
It just sucks. It sucks so much. She is 25!!! 25 year olds should not have to deal with a lifetime of trying to find the cancer before it gets her. Relating to the Obamacare discussion, she can NEVER not have a job with insurance. She just got offered a job in Costa Rica (her passion is international ag) and she can take the job until Dec, when she turns 26 and is kicked of my parent's health insurance.
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Re: What exactly does "precancerous" mean?
Precancerous means it isn't cancer and they can now keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't become a problem. I know it's hard to see now but this may be a very good thing for both of you - to know that there may be an issue and to be as preventative as possible!
Good Luck!
They will basically just keep finding and removing precancerous ones, right? Until eventually they miss one or it grows too fast and becomes cancerous?
And then at that point they will remove her whole colon. At least thats what they did for my mom.
At least colon cancer is treatable. I realize it could be much worse.
i had bone cancer a few years ago (I was 22). Mine was Grade I and completely removed. I've since had more precancerous cells found.
Basically, it means that what they found was atypical. However, it has not turned to a cancerous cell. Precancerous does NOT mean it WILL turn to cancer. It simply means it has the ability to do it.
It does put you in a slightly higher chance of having it turn cancer than someone without any precancerous cells.
Precancerous means that the cells are abnormal, but not yet cancerous. If you have any questions PM me if you have more questions. I had a run in with lymphoma in college.
Cancer sucks. I'm sorry it showed up in your life.