Postby georgemma » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:20 am
Hello, all -- I would be so grateful for any input from anyone reading. I simply could not come up with the right medical oncologist who could see me for a second opinion before time runs out and I have to give my final decision. I did make an appointment with someone at the University of Chicago, and perhaps he will have a cancelation within the next few days. As it is, the surgoen and one of his partners looked at my path slides together, then the medical and radiation oncologists (who work together in the same practice) concurred. I am T1 NX MO, meaning that the lymph node involvement is unknown. Because of the location of my rectal tumor, the only way to test the nodes is to perform another resection, with a colostomy. There may be no node involvement, and radiation and Xeloda might be way beyond what I need. If there is even one node involved, then perhaps the adjuvant treatment will have been the right decision. Okay, so I have presented you all the case . . . what is your tumor board decision? Thank you!