STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

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dianetavegia
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STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby dianetavegia » Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:24 am

MRI: No evidence for recurrent or metastatic disease. CAT SCAN: Lung nodules are all stable going back many years. No new or enlarging nodules. (He actually says later benign since first scan in Jan. 2009).

I can't begin to tell you how much this specific 'date' means to me! A study done in 2015 cited numbers that says

After 6.48 years, patients alive without tumor recurrence can be considered cured with 99 % certainty.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1245/s10434-014-4234-0

Solitary Colorectal Liver Metastasis Resection Determines Outcome

Researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas
prospectively studied patients with a first solitary liver metastasis who
were treated either with hepatic resection or radiofrequency ablation. ....

A present study shows an 80% 3-year survival rate (and a 71% 5-year survival
rate) after HR and well-established data showing 10- and 20-year survivors
after HR of solitary and multiple metastases, even without adjuvant
chemotherapy
This study dispels the thought process that other methods, such as radiation, are as curative as hepatic resection.

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Diane
Stage III cc surgery 1/7/09. 12 tx FOLFOX
Stage IV PET = 1.5cm liver met. HR 4/11/12

14 years since dx and 11 years post liver resection.
Pronounced CURED and discharged by onc

“O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.” Psalms 30:2

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Punky44 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:47 am

So awesome!! Congratulations and praise to God!
Caregiver to my amazing mom (68 at dx)
10/1/18 DX with rectal cancer; CEA 17
T3N2M0
Total neoadjuvant therapy:
8 rounds Folfox 11/5/18 - 2/11/19
Short course radiation 3/14/19 - 3/20/19
Robotically assisted laparoscopic LAR 3/21/19
Pathology report says yT2N0M0 with 0/38 nodes
6/28/19 Reversal and port out
CEA 2.1; 1.9; 2.6; 2.8; 2.3; 2.4; 3.0; 3.4; 3.1; 3.4; 3.0; 3.1; 2.6
Latest update: 8/21/23 Clear CT with CEA 2.6!

Me: 34, first colonoscopy 11/16/18—normal! Come back in 5 years.

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Detox » Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:24 am

Awesome! Great news and great info also.

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Nohogirl » Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:02 pm

Oh my God. That's awesome. Congratulations!!
04/18 DH 49 Stage 2A T3N0M0 rectal cancer moderately differentiated.
05/18 chemorad. (Xeloda) 28 days
08/18 Surgery- 24 cm, including entire rectum out
Path -Stage II T2N0M0 moderate to poorly diff. adenocarcinoma
0 of 15 lymph nodes
No PNI
No LVI
Clear margins
10/18-02/19 8 cycles of Folfox
02/19 Pet Scan. NED
08/19 Pet Scan NED
08/19 Colonoscopy Clear

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Spazzyjanet » Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:27 pm

Congratulations!
40 yr old, 3 kids. Dx 9/2018, Stage IV
KRAS G12V (resistant to Cetuximab)
CEA levels normal at diagnosis
4.2 cm Tumor, PT3, PN2B
11 of 18 with adenocarcinoma
+ removal of one cancerous node in Peritoneum.
9/2018, Colon resection and Ostomy-- Margins Negative
10/2018, PET shows 6 liver mets
10/2108, begin FOLFOX (Oxi+5 FU)
11/2018, MRI updates potential liver metastasis to 11 mets, both lobes.

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby cecioboe » Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:12 pm

Thanks be to God! Thrilled for you!
Wife to Jim Stage IV RC w/liver mets
DX 9/16/11
T3N1M1
Oct - Dec 2011 chemo/rad
1/04/12 ileo
1/16/12 LAR, liver resection
2/29/12 blockage, emer surg, ileo rev
4/16/12- 9/16/12 chemo
NED since 10/22/12
De-ported 6/24/16

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby mymom » Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:05 pm

So happy for you
Stage 4 CC DX 5/11
colon/livr rsct 5/11(1 met)
Folfox July-11/11
NED to 5/12
New Primry BC-4/12,Stage 1
2 livermet 5/2012
Liver rsct,HAI 6/12,Folfiri
NED to 10/13,1 liver met,ablation, Folfiri
NED to 12/14, another spot
3/15 NED
Ablation 1 liver met 10/15
1/16-current NED
6/22- small spot liver again, ablation oct 2023

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby stu » Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:00 am

Yippee . Lots to inspire .
Stu
supporter to my mum who lives a great life despite a difficult diagnosis
stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby teacher2017 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:08 am

Thank you for this! All of it! I just had a liver resection in a met which was written up to be two small ones (looked like a dumbbell). I really hope those stats are correct and this Is oliometastatic disease.

Congrats! And enjoy life!
50 yo mom of 2 (15, 18)
DX stage 3c - 12/17 LN. T3
8" colon resection 9/22/17
6.1cm tumor
folfox 11/17-4/18
CEA -1.4 11/8/17
Colonoscopy- 5/18-CLEAR!
Cea -1.8 6/18
Cea -2.1. 8/18
8/10/18 Stage 4
1cm met in seg.8 liver
Liver resection-9/18
Cea -1.5/1.2
Port removal-9/19
Cea -1.2 10/19
Cea -1.1 02/2020
Cea - 1.2 5/20
Cea-1.1 9/20
Cea- 1.3 2/21
Cea.1.3 5/21

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Spazzyjanet » Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:31 pm

Wow. Your post gives me a lot to think about. If those numbers are true, then the stats for liver resection are higher/ more positive than the stats for those with an HAI pump.

So here's a question. Yesterday a surgeon told me that a partial resection and HAI pump would put my 5-year survival rate back up to 50 percent. However, when I asked about my chances for "cure" and getting to retirement she said that my chances for surviving long term were "very small."

The math doesn't seem to add up. I need realistic expectations. Are my chances of say, still being alive in 15 years really "very small (10 percent or less)?
40 yr old, 3 kids. Dx 9/2018, Stage IV
KRAS G12V (resistant to Cetuximab)
CEA levels normal at diagnosis
4.2 cm Tumor, PT3, PN2B
11 of 18 with adenocarcinoma
+ removal of one cancerous node in Peritoneum.
9/2018, Colon resection and Ostomy-- Margins Negative
10/2018, PET shows 6 liver mets
10/2108, begin FOLFOX (Oxi+5 FU)
11/2018, MRI updates potential liver metastasis to 11 mets, both lobes.

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby FightCRC » Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:54 pm

I think perhaps you misunderstand the role of an HAI pump. The pump is implanted with either a. the goal of shrinking the mets so that the liver becomes resectable or b. as adjuvant therapy post-resection to prevent recurrence.

In both cases, the idea is to clear the liver of mets. I can only imagine your surgeon is suggesting the pump, so that your liver eventually becomes resectable.

All treatment options being presented to you are aggressive and proactive. All you (and they) can deal with right now is what's in front of you. No one knows what the picture will look like in 5 years, so try not to think too much about that. Just get through this current treatment first. You're lucky in that your doctors are not simply prescribing chemo by itself; they're fighting to give you a chance. Best of luck with your treatment!

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Phuong » Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:42 pm

That's tremendous Diane! Congratulations!!!!!
Phuong
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dx'd Stage III Rectal (T3 N1 M0)
Now Stage IV mCRC

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Re: STAGE IV NED 6 1/2 years and 10 years out from dx

Postby Spazzyjanet » Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:44 pm

You are not the first person to tell me that I am thinking too far into the future. I wish that it were so easy for me to do that. As long as someone can help me feel that a decision I make now won't mean that I am limiting my options for the future I will try very hard to learn how to do that.
40 yr old, 3 kids. Dx 9/2018, Stage IV
KRAS G12V (resistant to Cetuximab)
CEA levels normal at diagnosis
4.2 cm Tumor, PT3, PN2B
11 of 18 with adenocarcinoma
+ removal of one cancerous node in Peritoneum.
9/2018, Colon resection and Ostomy-- Margins Negative
10/2018, PET shows 6 liver mets
10/2108, begin FOLFOX (Oxi+5 FU)
11/2018, MRI updates potential liver metastasis to 11 mets, both lobes.


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