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by ret
Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:21 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rectal Cancer: Habr-Gama Watch and Wait Strategy to Avoid Surgery
Replies: 595
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Re: Rectal Cancer: Habr-Gama Watch and Wait Strategy to Avoid Surgery

Hello. Here with Wait/Watch personal update. Spouse with stage 4 rectal CA with liver mets had complete-clinical response to treatments. Opted to W/W, hoping to avoid the pelvic surgery w permanent ostomy. Then... Very First CT/PET surveillance at 3 mo, showed hot lymph node, -which mandated the sur...
by ret
Sat Feb 25, 2017 2:00 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Rectal Cancer: Habr-Gama Watch and Wait Strategy to Avoid Surgery
Replies: 595
Views: 303951

Re: Rectal Cancer: Habr-Gama Watch and Wait Strategy to Avoid Surgery

Hello, new member here! My spouse is stage 4 rectal CA. Now, after a year of radiation and chemo, with a mid-year liver resection for mets, he appears to be tumor-free per CT-PET scan. His surgeon has suggested possibility of wait/watch ! However his oncologist and the tumor board cont to advise APR...

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