An overview of what is currently understood about the use of ctDNA assays to help guide treatment decisions when managing patients with colorectal cancer undergoing resection of metastases.
You should be able to private message me on the forum....I will try to contact you for a reply...check "private message" on the upper right side Beckster, thank you so much. How would I be able to contact you? I am located in South Jersey also! If you want a rock star colon rectal surgeon,...
I am located in South Jersey also! If you want a rock star colon rectal surgeon, I would highly recommend Steven McClane at the MD Anderson at Cooper...https://www.cooperhealth.org/doctors/steven-mcclane-md?utm_campaign=website-link&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=local-listing a He is the dep...
My doctor, gynecologist, sent me for a dexa scan 3 weeks after finishing chemo. I asked if it was to soon and he said no. I did the scan and it showed that I have osteopenia. I had one 2 years later and it improved....logically we know that chemo affects the bones, so I feel that he should have wait...
Stage 2 is a grey area. I was offered Capeox, Folfox or no chemo. Because I did not want a port, I opted for Capeox. Again, I had two high risk factors. If I was low risk, my onc would not have put me on chemo. I guess I am having a hard time understanding why the Oncologist is recommending a chemo ...
Welcome to the group! I was diagnosed with stage 2A right sided colon cancer in 2016. During my first screening, they found the mass. I had no symptoms and my bloodwork was excellent and my CEA was 1.9. With that said, I had 2 high risk factors, which both are subjective....LVI and G3 tumor. Most ri...
A novel imaging technology was cleared by the FDA to detect polyps with neoplastic potential during conduct of colonoscopy that aligns with pathological assessment with greater than 90% predictive ability. https://www.cancernetwork.com/view/narrow-band-imaging-earns-fda-clearance-for-real-time-asse...
The only thing that I heard about lymph node swelling due to the vaccine is the underarm LN and breast. Women are being advised not to have a mammography until 6 weeks after receiving the Covid vaccine. Apparently, mammography results might show LN involvement and create a false positive for possibl...
I received my first dose of the Moderna vaccine on January 27th and the second dose on February 26th. First dose produced only a sore arm and slight headache. However, the second dose was a different story. Sore arm but 12 hours after the shot, I had a fever with chills and achy. This lasted for 24 ...
My story of right sided cancer started with a routine colonoscopy at the age of 57. I had no symptoms and my bloodwork was perfect. In early stages right sided cancer will present with no symptoms and no visible blood. My surgeon told me that if I had waited until there was symptoms, such as anemia,...
When compared with chemotherapy, patients with microsatellite-instability high/mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer saw significant improvement in progression-free survival with the frontline use of pembrolizumab monotherapy, while demonstrating superior safety. https://www.cancer...
Beckster, Hopefully this will help calm your fears a bit. I, too, had an allergic reaction to oxi after the first does....and nothing from my first COVID shot other than a slight headache and lightheadedness. I am also allergic to some darn many drugs.....some give me a horrible rash but most give ...