Postby roadrunner » Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:42 am
If there are cancer cells, it’s cancer. But what you describe, cancer cells contained in a polyp (in the mucosa of the colon), is stage 0 cancer, which means the treatment will likely be simple removal of the polyp, and that’s that. If testing shows that cancer invaded the submucosa, that would be stage 1 colon cancer (still very treatable). So: If it stays at stage zero, it is a simple process and once done, it’s over (other than implications for future testing frequency). You should then celebrate because you dodged a very bad situation by getting it really, really early. A huge win versus what would have happened it it had time to advance. Good luck!
7/19: RC: Staged IIIA, T2N1M0
approx 4.25 cm, low/mid rectum, mod. well diff.; lung micronodule
8/19-10/19 4 rds.FOLFOX neoadjuvant, 3 w/Oxiplatin (reduced 70-75%)
neoadjuvant chemorad 11/19
4 rounds FOLFOX July-August 2020
ncCR 10/20; biopsies neg
TAE 11/20, tumor cells removed
Chest CT 3/30/21 growth in 2 nodules (3 and 5mm)
VATS 12/8/21 sub-pleural met 7mm.
SBRT nodule 1/22
6/20/22 TAE rectal polyp benign)
NED from 3/22 - 3/23
4 cycles FOLFIRI
LUL VATS lobectomy for radio resistant met 7/7/23