how long does it generally take for precancer to turn into cancer?

Question

i have precancerious lesions due to hpv and i was wondering how fast can cancer start? or how fast can it spread to the point where you won't be able to save your female parts you need for having kids? i have a new doctor that i feel comfortable with and it's been about 2 years that i have had this. i recentley got a new test done that showed i do still have it. so i guess i'm hoping that it hasn't spread any where else. please help.

i have mild dysplasia or thats what i was told a year ago. so it wasn't actually two years. but i lost my health insurance and thats when i had to cancel my surgery. they were going to give me a laser treatment to answer your how. so now that i'm at a new doctor with new insurance i need to get the procedure done.

Answer 1

Cancer can mover incredibly fast or slow depending on the type of tumors. You have a 'pre-cancer' . . so it could be a rapid progression or slow . . no one knows . . but, from my experience with a child with cancer . . do not take any chances whatsoever. Delays can cost you your health or your life.

We waited almost two weeks from when we realized there was something wrong with our son . . we were waiting for a doctors appointment. His cancer grew and spred within 28 days . . from small to the size of a soccer ball . . and than 'seeded' throughout the body (six large tumors and hundreds of tiny and microscopic implants onto the diaphragm and peritoneal lining). Do not wait.

Answer 2

Cervical cancer can take up to 10 years to develop without preventative treatments ie: lletz, where the cells are taken away before they get chance to develop.I hope you get this sorted out very very soon. Good Luck.
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Answer 3

Every individual case is different. It is impossible to make a guess just based on your description. A pathologist may give you a better answer after determining the characteristics of your biopsy/pap smear. In the meanwhile, vigiliante observation should be maintained (routine checkups and immediate follow-up if any unusual symptoms occur) are probably best.

Answer 4

It could be fast or slow, depending on many factors. YOU can do a lot for yourself right now! Don't leave it up to your doctor. He has hundreds of patients, many of whom need his help much more than you do--until it becomes cancer!

Five hundred years ago, people said the world was flat. Today, people say that if the FDA and AMA haven't blessed something, it can't be real good. Well, here's something I know to be real AND good. It's a little different take on cancer treatment--

In 1990, I had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, stage 3-B, but I've survived. My doctors were great people, but they were limited to surgery, chemo and radiation by profitable AMA treatment policy. During the year in treatment, I started learning about alternative medicine. I'm a retired engineer, and this is what I've pieced together--our IMMUNE SYSTEMS become weakened by poor nutrition, lack of exercise and reduced oxygen. Once that happens, our body becomes vulnerable to common STRESSORS. Stressors can be environmental, like viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, food additives, electromagnetic waves or pollution. They can be internal things like emotional or job stress, or poisonous people in our lives. Aging is also a contributing factor. So this means:

WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM + STRESSORS = DISEASE (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.)

Our bodies have 60 trillion--yes, trillion--cells, and there are always some mutating into cancer cells, but a healthy immune system kills them before they have a chance to get a foothold in the body.

It takes a LONG time, usually, or a high level of stressors, to weaken the immune system to the point where it won't do its job, but once cancer has formed, it will generally spread rapidly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT! There are ways to BEAT cancer that are currently being used in Europe and around the world, and there are some great books on the subject. I know because I've read about 50 of them from cover to cover. Here's a list of the best ones. Some are out of print and getting hard to find--

"The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825
"The Cure for All Advanced Cancers", ISBN 1890035165
"A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052
"Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701
"Hydrogen Peroxide--Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077
"The Natural Cure for Cancer--Germanium", ISBN 0533071410
"Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966
"Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518

I know of people whose cancer has 'spontaneously remitted' (WENT AWAY for no known reason) AFTER they went on programs of herbs and nutrition to restart their immune systems.

You and your family must look out for yourselves to stand a chance of being healthy. This is not a joke, and I'm not selling anything--just trying to help.
I am using the things I learned in those books right now to fight off a second infestation of cancer. I've been at it for over a year now, and think I'm going to make it. Use what works for you, and pass on your success. Best of luck.

AMA AND FDA--
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the pharmaceutical companies control medical law and the FDA in this country with heavy lobbying and a revolving door policy. WHY would they want to do this? It's about the money. In 2006, medicine (doctors, hospitals, researchers and pharmaceutical firms) received 2.1 TRILLION dollars--15% of the total earnings (GNP 13.7 trillion) in the U.S. This is astounding! It means MILLIONS of people worked the whole year just to pay the nation's medical expenses!! That's totally astounding, and just too big to care about individuals.
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Answer 5

I think because oncology is like all medicine a continuous practice, and cancer is still very new, that answer can be acuurately stated very fast or very slow, we dont fully understand these viruses, Maybe some DNA work will help you answer that, but some cancers metastisze quicker than others.

Answer 6

You didn't say what the doctor did to treat you the last time they found lesions .It also depends on the stage your in and how big your lesions are.They have many ways they can treat this now. Your doctor should be able to answer any questions you may have.

Answer 7

My question is why aren't they doing anything about it NOW before it turns to cancer?