{"id":589,"date":"2011-11-15T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/?p=589"},"modified":"2011-11-15T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T19:09:17","slug":"specialized-surgery-gives-angela-the-gift-of-motherhood-after-cervical-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/2011\/11\/specialized-surgery-gives-angela-the-gift-of-motherhood-after-cervical-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialized Surgery Gives Angela the Gift of Motherhood After Cervical Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After four years of marriage, Angela and her husband decided they were ready to start a family. During an appointment with her Ob\/Gyn, however, Angela discovered that her pap smear test results were abnormal. Further tests confirmed her fears that she would have to put off getting pregnant due to cervical cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Angela, crushed at the thought of never living her dream of motherhood, met with David P.Warshall, MD, Head of Gynecological Oncology at Cooper, who shared with her the option of a surgical procedure which could remove the cancer, but preserve her ability to have a child. Angela soon underwent the procedure, known as a radical trachelectomy. Six years later, she is cancer free and enjoying the joy of motherhood thanks to her beautiful, two-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Here is her story\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"video\"><script src=\"http:\/\/content.bitsontherun.com\/players\/35uWuFCu-Oru4m4KM.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Related Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/departments-programs\/cancer-institute\">Cooper Cancer Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/departments-programs\/gynecologic-oncology\">Gynecologic Oncology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/physicians\/david-p-warshal-md\">David P. Warshal, MD, FACOG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four years of marriage, Angela and her husband decided they were ready to start a family. During an appointment with her Ob\/Gyn, however, Angela discovered she had an abnormal pap smear test. Further tests confirmed her fears that she would have to put off getting pregnant due to cervical cancer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[11,4623,4624],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-ddevenney","4":"has-excerpt","5":"has-more-link","6":"post-589","8":"format-standard","9":"category-videos2","10":"post_tag-cancer-institute","11":"post_tag-cervical-cancer","12":"post_tag-gynecologic-oncology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}