This is excellent news and thanks for sharing .
Go live your life, enjoy it, stay well

I was told that I am currently NED! :D Six cycles of Folfoxiri and Avastin to shrink the tumour followed by a break before surgery, which was a high anterior resection. My stoma was reversed at the same time. The report came back to show I had a complete response to chemo: from stage 3 (cT3dN1M0) to...

Five hundred fifty-five patients who underwent surgery for primary colorectal cancer from January 2003 to December 2009 were analyzed for T3 subdivision. T3 subdivision was determined by the depth of invasion beyond the outer border of the proper muscle (T3a, <1 mm; T3b, 1 to 5 mm; T3c, >5 to 15 mm...

My treatment is different for rectal cancer and I started out with radiation and chemo which I'm doing right now. It's also with the idea of shrinking the tumor. I don't really have the answers as I'm still new at all of this and on the first leg of my treatment but hopefully you'll get some good a...

Welcome helenef, hopefully this forum will be able to bring you as much comfort and useful information as it has others! I can't really answer your questions, but I read that Folforixi gives better results than Folfiri. Hopefully it'll shrink your tumor nicely and you can get surgery soon! Good luc...

Hello, I'm glad I found this forum to share my journey and exchange with other CRC fighters. I have a locally advanced sigmoid adenocarcinoma diagnosed in July, most likely stage 3 cancer. I had a loop colostomy done in August to avoid any blockage during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. I'm about to start...