Hello nmorgen - Welcome to the forum, and thank you for creating a signature and adding your husband's MSI status. I think the next step would be to deal with the primary tumors' KRAS/NRAS/BRAF mutation status (genomic testing). Normally, the KRAS/NRAS/BRAF panel is done soon after Stage IV diagnosi...
Hi Koreysue - If you are not positive for Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC) or for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), then the repeated onset of polyps might be due to one of the following factors -- but this is only a guess... ⋅ It might be due to a bad diet. If so, some improvement might be not...
oldaggie2000 - Welcome to the Forum. I'm sorry to hear that your dad now has mets in the liver, so I guess this makes him StageIV-A. You have already received two good replies to your initial post, both containing good information. For the reply that you received from rp1954, I would like to sugges...
Hello pantufla - Has your husband checked out all of the possible causes of rectal bleeding? Maybe it's one of the benign causes. I think that most of these possibilities can be checked out with a simple in-office sigmoidoscopy procedure. It's worth a try... Causes of rectal bleeding https://www.may...
Team, where can I get more info about the Adapt+++ protocol? One way to get more info on the Adapt+++ protocol is to search rp1954's past posts with keyword ADAPT. The way to do that is described here: https://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=57693&p=454654#p454654 Once ...
... I’m avoiding added folate / folic acid and doing the topical treatments for the HFS (urea cream, etc) but wondering what peoples’ views on systemic treatments for side effects are that don’t interfere with efficacy ? I’ve seen decent data for celebrex (celecoxib) which seems to be synergistic w...
Hello, I am new to this forum.I had stage 2 rectal cancer in 2016.Treated with radiotherapy and 2 course of chemo..Now i am stage 4 colon cancer.Removed 5 weeks ago.Due to issues from radiation ,back to surgery for strangulated small bowel.Recovery seems slow.4 weeks out now.I feel shaky most of th...
Welcome to the forum. My comments are: ⋅ Try to have the Oxaliplatin run at a slower infusion rate (see comments in link below): https://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=59287&p=469490#p469490 . ⋅ After chemo is finished, have your doctor set up a Co...
Last year both my cardiologist and my GP insisted that I stop taking daily baby aspirin. They said it was not much use for preventing cardiovascular problems in people my age, and furthermore it was the likely cause of the many unsightly bruises and cuts that would take a long time to heal. Reference
... As a result, I am not getting as much insight into what content is helpful / intriguing / etc. ... How about trying to focus on content related to "recovery"? We are all faced with the problem of recovering from one thing or another... ====================== Cancer recovery diagrams =...
I agree with roadrunner. Your pathology report is a bit confusing. Normally, when a biopsy is taken there is some visible abnormality that is being biopsied, like a polyp, or a mass, or a lump, or a lesion, or a tumor, etc. But in this case, the object of the biopsy is said to be a whole segment of ...
Welcome to the Forum! I notice that you first registered here over two months ago but have not yet posted any messages. And you log in almost every day to browse the topics here. That's just fine. A lot of people here just browse passively without leaving any messages. But if you ever have a questi...
ASTEPHENS33 - You don't have a signature right now, however it appears from your previous posts that you are a Stage IIIA female colon cancer patient NED since completion of your Xeloda adjuvant therapy back in February 2006, but that you are now inquiring about SBRT for an 8mm lung met on behalf of...
ASTEPHENS33 wrote:Anyone hae experience with this? Side effects? Any tips on how to handle it? Colon cancer had gone into the lungs and after 3 years has started to grow. The plan is to do SBR radiation and then chemo. Thanks.