Postby Geoman » Sat May 19, 2018 9:36 am
I was in similar condition. I was however determined to be operable. They started me with chemo to see if the cancer would respond. I took 4 rounds of chemo-had scans- did a 5th before surgery. They never said this but I think they wanted to see if the cancer would respond. If it had not I expect they would not have performed the liver surgery. They wanted to get control of the metastasis before dealing with the primary tumor.
Dx @ 44, rectal cancer-stage 4 with Mets to liver 8/16
CEA 19
Kras g12d; Braf
Ypt3,ypN1a,ypM1
5 rounds 5fu with avastin (4) 9/16-11/16
PVE/Liver Resection 12/16
28 days rad/xeloda 2/17-3/17
APR-4/17
Clear Margins
7 rounds 5Fu with avastin- 5/17-8/17
CEA-1.2
NED-12/17, 1/18,
Multiple spots in lungs-5/18