Postby LPL » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:49 pm
Hi Bunriv,
When we got hubby's surgery report and I saw that 'only' 9 lymp nodes had been resected.. I wondered why? I had heard/read "at least 12" !
Then I read "
Many factors affect the number of lymph nodes examined, including extent of surgical resection, patient age, tumor location, and pathology techniques. ".
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26 ... 0IV%20mCRCI knew that the Surgeon was Good!! and it was in a cancer specialist hospital. The report also said that my DH's Colon was "very short"! So I have decided that everything that should be taken out was taken out and that not all people are the same.
DH @ 65 DX 4/11/16 CC recto-sigmoid junction
Adenocarcenoma 35x15x9mm G3(biopsi) G1(surgical)
Mets 3 Liver resectable
T4aN1bM1a IVa 2/9 LN
MSS, KRAS-mut G13D
CEA &
CA19-9:
5/18 2.5 78 8/17 1.4 48 2/14/17 1.8 294 Folfox 6/15-7/30 (b4 liver surgery) 8 after
CT: 8/8 no change 3/27/17 NED->Jan-19 mets to lung NED again Oct-19
Steroid induced hyperglycemia dx after 3chemo
Surgeries 2016: 3/18 Emergency colostomy
5/23 Primary+gallbl+stoma reversal+port 9/1 Liver mets
RFA 2019: Feb & Oct lung mets