NHMike wrote:Tumor size was originally 5.2 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm, and 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm after chemo and radiation. So 100.62 cm^3 to 9.50 cm^3 or a 90% decrease in volume.
Lymph Nodes:
1) 6 x 4 mm to 3 x 3 mm (-62.5%)
2) 8 x 6 mm to 4 x 3 mm (-75%)
3) 5 x 5 mm to 5 x 3 mm (-40%)
No new nodes found, No metastases seen.
I'm now officially impressed with this treatment.
prs wrote:NHMike wrote:Tumor size was originally 5.2 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm, and 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm after chemo and radiation. So 100.62 cm^3 to 9.50 cm^3 or a 90% decrease in volume.
Lymph Nodes:
1) 6 x 4 mm to 3 x 3 mm (-62.5%)
2) 8 x 6 mm to 4 x 3 mm (-75%)
3) 5 x 5 mm to 5 x 3 mm (-40%)
No new nodes found, No metastases seen.
I'm now officially impressed with this treatment.
Mike, I understand tumors can continue shrinking for up to twelve weeks after radiation treatment ends. Are you not tempted to wait another few weeks to see if your tumor gets even smaller?
Presumably the smaller the tumor, the better the surgical prognosis.
NHMike wrote: . . . We've transitioned from 20% survival rates to 80% survival rates and a lot of that is from experimentation with drugs, dosages, timing, duration, radiation, etc. And it appears to me that the research community is still learning.
Lee wrote:NHMike wrote: . . . We've transitioned from 20% survival rates to 80% survival rates and a lot of that is from experimentation with drugs, dosages, timing, duration, radiation, etc. And it appears to me that the research community is still learning.
That is such a true statement. When I was diagnosed over 13 yrs ago, I was given 30% to 50% of being alive in 5 yrs depending upon who I talked to. Believe me, a lot of advancements in the past decade especially the testing they do on the tumors now. Immune therapy I believe is the next big game changer.
In the late 1970's, a friend's dad was diagnosed with rectal cancer via exploratory surgery (age 46). No colonoscopies then. He was healthy except for his weight loss, active and no pain that I am aware of. 6 months later he was dead. So yes, a lot of advancements in the cancer field in the past 50 years.
Good luck,
Lee
NHMike wrote:... On another note, I just started receiving email notifications of replies again. They stopped around mid-September I think and I had to go to the forum to look for new replies. The notifications now make things easier. I assume that the administrator of the forum fixed something.
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O Stoma Mia wrote:NHMike wrote:... On another note, I just started receiving email notifications of replies again. They stopped around mid-September I think and I had to go to the forum to look for new replies. The notifications now make things easier. I assume that the administrator of the forum fixed something.
There's another thing that you should probably check. This is whether your PM Inbox has a "Delete Marked" option, since you will eventually have to delete some old PM messages so that there is room for new ones to arrive. If you don't start deleting old messages in your Inbox and Sent box then your PM system will eventually lock up to the point where nothing can be done.
When you are checking your messages you should always look at the notice at the top to see how full your mailbox is, e.g.,If you don't have a Delete option in your Inbox you should let administrator know so that the problem can be fixed.
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