Can they treat just the liver?

[Badgerbuddy]

OK, last PET showed liver hot spots and lymph nodes lit up. I already have numerous lung mets. Is there a procedure to prevent my liver from getting worse? Like HIPEC, HAI, etc. Tumors are small...now. My onc did not mention anything like this and I 'm starting Regorafenib this week. Thanks, all.

[hannahw]

SIRT AND RFA are both localized to the liver but there are various factors that would determine whether you'd be a factor. Number of mets, size of mets, location of mets. Not sure if having mets to other organs is a consideration.

[pukalania]

Hi there!
My hubby was on avastin, irinotecan and xeloda for 5 weeks and the liver spots shrinked tremendously and the small ones almost disappeared...he has to do radiation for the colon and to contain liver onc prescribed xeloda - 3000 mg a day - i know everyone is different but maybe adding that to your mix may help? good luck

[KarMel]

Is it possible your lung mets could be treated surgically?

If so, then treating the liver alone Might be an option.

If not, as my onc would say, there's no point in removing mets from one organ if another organ is filled with mets also. Why not use chemo to treat them all?

If you think your onc isn't being aggressive, seeking out a second opinion is an option.

[Badgerbuddy]

There are multiple small lung nodules, too many to radiate or remove as I've been told. Then there are the lymph nodes. I ' ve been on every chemo. I 'm just thinking about my liver needing some type of intervention so it doesn 't get worse. Regorafenib sounds so horrible based on most of the posts here, it 's making me nauseous just thinking about it!

[crazymotherof8]

My hubby is in the same boat as you. Following is an update i recently posted in the "wives" thread. hope it helps or at least gives you something to consider. We don't want to go on the big R either. And Matt is just so tired of chemo. Quality of life is becoming an issue rapidly.
"He recently showed some growth in the both the liver and lungs but nothing new in the bones. The plan from here is to add back in the 5FU, which Matt really hates. Right now he is on Irinotican and Erbitux. Our onc also added Zocor which is a cholesterol lowering medication that in the lab has worked well but no human testing done yet. He told us that he has prescribed this to other CRC patients and has had good results. Matt will do this through the holidays and then sometime in Jan he will rescan and do some type of targeted therapy to the liver; either HAI pump or Sir Spheres and take a chemo break. Matt REALLY needs a chemo break! He is almost at the point of saying he is done. The onc feels that if we can get the liver, which is the most pressing issue right now, under some kind of control, then Matt could take a break. The lungs seem to grow very slowly and all of the tumors there are smaller than a cm. We of course will have to watch the bones, but hopefully if something does pop up again we can radiate again. So that is the plan for now.....we can only take it one day at a time, but Matt does have something to look forward to so that is nice."
Niki

[westie68]

Hi: I have mets to the peritoneum and to the liver. Surgery is out because of the multiple mets. However, I just finished high dose radiation to the liver tumour - every 2nd day for 2 weeks. I have a CT scan coming up so we'll see how that worked. I'll keep you posted.
Cheryl