Dear NY10,
Here are some things you might be interested in knowing. There are very few people here that have had surgery only. I am one of them. So far, so good.
As you can see from my signature, I have had only one occurence. You will find that there are some people that have had radiation more than once.
Your statistic of 85 - 95% of OC patients are or were smokers is a little high. The number that I use is 75% and this number is decreasing due to the fact that less people are smoking. The number of cases in total is increasing because of the
HPV connection.
I hope your mother is doing well.
Jerry (a former New Yorker)