Butt wrote:Is it True that the NCI stopped recruiting for cancer trails because of the virus?

I don`t know, but here is a web page with links to their updates on clinical trial guidance:

https://www.swog.org/news-events/news/2020/03/18/nci-covid-19-cancer-trials-update

MD Anderson https://www.mdanderson.org/patients-family/becoming-our-patient/planning-for-care/coronavirus-protections.html MSKCC https://www.mskcc.org/blog/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-key-facts-and-what-it-means-people UCSF experts discuss factors related to virus– 3/25/20 https://youtu.be/1xm3...

Rob - Great news! I'm so happy for you. :D I was wondering if your medical team is planning to create a Survivorship Care Plan for you. In the U.S., the NCCN encourages medical teams to develop a written "Survivorship Care Plan" for patients as they transition from active treatment to the ...

I am posting the information below so that we may more fully understand the colon cancer, Stage I to Stage III nomograms available on the MSK website: There are two colon cancer nomograms listed the MSK website, and I will call them MSK-nomogram and SEER-nomogram , respectively: ⋅  MSK-nom...

Today, I am reading over my electronic medical folder and it says something about seeing 3 Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules. I cannot find any definitive answers as to what that means as far as my staging goes. Does this mean I have spread to my lungs? Or, am I getting worked up over nothing? I have...

...What did it "invade"? ... My T4b rectal tumor invaded the sigmoid colon, vas deferens, seminal vesical and one prostate lobe. ... I presume no recurrence? Why didn't you do more treatments? My oncologist refused to prescribe any more chemo beyond cycle 4 because of my poor overall heal...

...Can anyone provide links to literature on the current thinking on the value of, say, 4 vs. 6 vs. 8 chemo cycles (particularly FOLFOX)? ...Thanks for any information/links anyone can provide -- I'm a voracious consumer of the stuff, but I just can't locate good material on this particular subject...

I had a large T4b invasive tumor and had only 4 cycles of Xelox adjuvant therapy. That was 6 years ago.

Hi Aamir - From what you have said so far, it looks like your biomarker test results are: - MSI status = "MSS (microsatellite stable)" i.e., not MSI-high - KRAS/NRAS status = "KRAS wild-type" i.e., not KRAS/NRAS mutated Is that correct? Your current stage seems to be: Stage = &qu...

Welcome to Colon Talk. Thank you for checking in with your status report. Now that you are in the 5-year follow-up period, here is some information on survivorship planning. There is also some information available on stress reduction during the follow-up period. When treatment is finished: Comprehe...

...It could be an error, could be something seen and not noted in the reports... Yes, this happens sometimes. On my 6th CT scan the radiologist commented on a spot and compared it to the same spot on the previous 5 scans. However, the previous 5 scans were done by 5 different radiologists and none ...

Late breaking news:
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/487162-senate-staffer-tests-positive-for-coronavirus

Virtual Call-on-Congress 2020 UPDATE
https://mobile.twitter.com/GYRIG/status/1237771580316549121

I'm surprised that your report didn't include BRAF/KRAS/MSS/MSI dMMR info on the tumor. You should ask for it ASAP. That basic level of testing should be standard of care for Stage 3. Yes, I agree. Since you are Stage 3c, you need to develop a long-range treatment strategy, and this requires biomar...

Pathology report interpretation https://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=51436&p=399172#p399172 https://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=60608&p=482479#p482479 Side effects of FOLFOX regimen https://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.p...