That is excellent news, tumor is gone. You are on your way to be cured .
Chemo I would do, won't be easy, try to start asap after the surgery, results are better if chemo is started right after the surgery.
2 weeks after my chemo/rad, they had hard time finding the spot, if it wasn't for tatoo/ink mark, would have been difficult to find it. Just had scope 2 weeks ago, they woke me up at the end, looks like brand new inside. Thickening of the wall is normal after radiation.
Down the road things will change how they treat rectal cancer, just as it changed how anal cancer was treated.
There is big trial, started back in 2013, will have result's at the end of this year. Patient's receive chemo/rad followed by 8 rounds of folfox, than are evaluated, surgery or W&W approach.
We know from small study where patient's are given 6 rounds of folfox after chemo/rad, pCR (pathological complete response was 38%), now is about 18% after initial chemo/rad.
You can find more info on this forum, here is the link:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53498&start=165Surgery is still considered as King!
Good luck to you!
55 year at the time of diagnosis, male
Diagnosed with T1,T2 N0 M0 rectal cancer
Total neoadjuvant therapy or TNT (chemoradiation followed by systemic chemotherapy)
Negative since Feb. '17
No surgery
Watch&Wait approach
I don’t come much to the forum , so if this is not updated it means I remain negative!
Wish good luck to all!