It is important to have honest open discussions with your medical team. You should feel free to ask any question, no matter how minor it might seem. Among the questions you might want to ask are:

• What kind of gestational trophoblastic disease do I have?
• Has my cancer spread beyond the uterus?
• Can the stage of my cancer be determined and what does that mean?
• How much experience do you have treating this type of disease?
• What treatment choices do I have? Which do you recommend? Why?
• Does one type of treatment reduce the risk of recurrence more than another?
• What are the side effects and other risks of each treatment?
• Based on what you've learned about my cancer, what are my chances of being cured?
• What should I do to be ready for treatment?
• How long will it take me to recover from treatment?
• When can I go back to work after treatment?
• How soon after treatment can I have sex? Will I need to use birth control?
• What are the chances that my cancer will come back (recur)? What would we do if this happens?
• Will a specialist in gynecologic oncology be involved in my care?
• Will I be able to have a normal pregnancy later on?
• How soon after treatment can I get pregnant?

Last Medical Review: 10/13/2009
Last Revised: 10/13/2009