mike1965 wrote:In my opinion always good to see oncologist also. In my case surgeon told me I did not need to see oncologist that he believed he removed all the cancer. I went on a wait and see for six months. The surgeon did blood work and scans and said everything was good. I was not comfortable with not seeing an oncologist and saw one he stated I definitely needed surgery. I spoke with another surgeon and he stated get surgery. I ended up getting surgery and it saved my life I went from Stage 1 to Stage 3A with six months of chemo. So I believe the more opinions the better. I pray all goes well with your wife. Remember to question everything that the doctors tell you and be comfortable with your decisions.
jayanu wrote:My typo. Avastin is same as Bevacizumab - generic name and it is given as IV,
The Tablets are Xeloda - CAPECITABINE
JayNY wrote:So...we met with the oncologist today. The cancer was staged as "in situ". That was awesome news and made sense based on the EUS determining it to be confined to the superficial mucosa. I had just hoped the pathology report told the same story which it did. At that point the oncologist said theres really no treatment necessary but recommended a colonoscopy followup just as the GI doctor had stated. Then she mentioned its good to have a ct scan as a baseline. My wife responds that she had just gotten one last Friday. The oncologist quickly gets the results faxed over. It stated that something was showing on the liver. She seemed unconcerned saying it is not possible for in situ cancer to spread. Probably benign lesions. Ugh...im just hoping thats all it is so we can move on. One was 2.5cm and two others were under 1cm she said so size wasnt recorded.
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