Postby maria » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:28 pm
Several reasons - the lymph node involvement was greater than 3, the preformation through the colon wall, and the metastizing into the peritoneum which is considered a large major organ - catigorizes it to a IV although I've met others here on the forum staged at IIIC - I guess it depends on the onco.
StageIV Colon Cancer Survivor
Surgery 4/06, peritoneum, 4/11 lymph nodes age 42
11 Treatments 5/06-11/06
Avastin, Oxaliplatin, 5FU