Las Vegas news anchor Michelle Velez left fans reeling when she posted on Facebook that she’d been diagnosed with a rare cancer, caused by an abnormal, or molar, pregnancy. Here's what it all means.
As a news anchor for KSNV News 3 Las Vegas, Michelle Velez has covered everything from local floods and shootouts to Jersey Shore’s Vinny G’s turn as a Chippendales host. On social media, she maintains a lively relationship with her thousands of fans, posting personal moments with her husband, two young children and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
Velez continued that the “great news” is that the cancer is treatable, but that “the bad news is I have to go through aggressive chemo to kill it.” The other 20 percent of molar pregnancies are malignant, or cancerous, like Velez’s, and involve the spreading of the molar tissue either locally, within the uterus, or distantly .
“We’ve gotten better at identifying these early and we follow it closely,” Jernigan adds. “So, while it’s scary, if we can identity it and treat it, people can do OK.” Getting an ultrasound in early pregnancy is an important step, she says, because, doctors “are going to be able to tell something’s wrong most of the time on an ultrasound.” And after a miscarriage, “that tissue goes to the lab and gets evaluated.
Risk factors for GTD include being over 40, a history of miscarriages, and, interestingly, a diet high in beta carotene or Vitamin A, according to Dana-Farber.
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