AboutJuliet Seigle, MD Expertise I am a fully trained radiation oncologist and can answer many questions about cancer and its treatment. I can't answer questions about specific chemotherapy agents. I have also worked in general medicine and emergency medicine, so I can give advice about these areas as well. I would like to do this based on my very positive experience with one of your experts (real estate).
Experience I currently am working as a radiation oncologist in the DC metropolitan area. I have done research and given talks on neurooncology (tumors of the nervous system) at national meetings. I have been trained in use of a new technology, the CyberKnife. I was emergency physician at a busy communicty hospital (Calvert Memorial Hospital) in Maryland for 3 years (1989-1991).
Organizations ASTRO (American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology)
Education/Credentials Georgetown University Hospital: fellowship radiation oncology 2005-2007
Georgetown University Hospital: residency radiation oncology 1991-1994
Georgetown University Hospital: residency neurosurgery 1984-88
Awards and Honors Award for best abstract - CyberKnife Users meeting 2005 (topic: chordoma)
ASTRO research award $30,000, 1993
Question hello,
3 months ago i woke up with horrid lower back pain which radiated into my pelvis the tops of my legs and my butt. i cant remember injuring it. i saw my doc who said i pulled a muscle. 3 months later its gotten maybe 20 percent better. almost feals like labor pains sometimes. i am a 25 female and i am now worried that its ovarian cancer since its been so long and ive also been having alot of gas, diareah and gained about 15lbs i had my anual exam and she said it all felt normal but im still worried. whats the chances that it could be. i had a normal ultrasound last year for some spotting i was having. can it grow that fast thanks for your input
Answer Hi -
Gas, diarrhea and weight gain are not usually signs of ovarian cancer (or other gynecologic cancer). Unless you have a strong family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, where close relatives of yours have had these cancers, it is very doubtful that you have ovarian cancer at your age. That said, severe, back pain which does not go away should probably be investigated with some type of imaging study (xray, CT, MRI). There are many treatable causes of pain which have nothing to do with cancer.
