Guys I'm struggling major LARS episode since my Anterior resection 3months ago. None of the things like water enema etc worked Moreover , I keep having small.bowel obstruction, and I'm going through one right now and a surgery is scheduled. My Lars is so bad that I've lost 15 kilos I sat in the tumo...

Be aggressive. Push very hard for HIPEC , try every HIPEC specialist centre and push push push. Dont hang around and dont count on chemo for Peri stuff Sending lots of support on your battle ahead. Thanks for your support Looks like there is some silver lining, had a diagnostic laproscopy and found...

My only comment is that if you want a surgical opinion you should consult a surgeon, not a series of oncologists. Where I am, one can be referred to the tumor board, which includes surgeons, radiologists of various types, oncologists, et al. I completely agree with this, and even more so for perito...

My only comment is that if you want a surgical opinion you should consult a surgeon, not a series of oncologists. Where I am, one can be referred to the tumor board, which includes surgeons, radiologists of various types, oncologists, et al. I followed your suggestion, met a new experienced surgeon...

Hello Folks, I need suggestion on my treatment. BACKGROUND : I was diagnosed with Colon cancer-stage 3c( rectosigmoid junction). I had chemo-radiation for 5 weeks and surgery was scheduled for feb, but was cancelled when they found multiple peritoneal nodules in the peritoneum and small bowel mesent...

My tumour was also rectosigmoid. I was about 15 cm from anal verge, depending on who measured. I was also treated as rectal. If you had suspicious nodes, that could be why they wanted to hit you with chemoradiation before surgery. There’s a saying I like. I used to use it when it came to beers, but...

I think JJH makes excellent points about the type of surgery being very important for future quality of life. I just want to throw one thing out there: laparoscopic surgery can sound awfully appealing in terms of quicker recovery and so on, but there is a lot to be said for open surgery with a good...

... I have been reading a lot of literature on this subject and it seems that there are very few doctors who consider rectosigmoid cancer as rectal instead of the colon... Just a few more thoughts ... Although your tumor is technically in the colon area, to remove it they may need to make the lower...

My tumour was also rectosigmoid. I was about 15 cm from anal verge, depending on who measured. I was also treated as rectal. If you had suspicious nodes, that could be why they wanted to hit you with chemoradiation before surgery. There’s a saying I like. I used to use it when it came to beers, but...

... I am worried about distant metastasis and I am wondering if I may have given cancer the chance to spread. ... Here are my thoughts: If the cancer did in fact spread during the 5-week CRT, it would be in the form of a circulating tumor cell or a micro-metastasis and would not show up on a scan a...

Welcome to the BEST forum nobody ever wants to HAVE to join !!! in a nutshell : The wait from cessation of CRT to surgery is to allow the latent effects of radiation to continue for a while … to continue to affect the tumor AND to allow the tissues time to normalize so that surgery will have a chan...

Thanks so much for the tips, Jacques. I have surgery coming up in a couple of weeks.

Hello folks, I was recently diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of rectosigmoid. The tumor starts at 17 cm and goes till 24 cm I visited a couple of doctors, one suggested chemoradiation and sounded logical and went through the entire 5-week course of CRT, which ended last December. However, it feels like...

Hello Everyone, I have been following this forum on and off for the last couple of months and i am grateful for the support and advice, however i am worried about something and thought i should just post and find out what you guys have to say I have moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the re...