New met in 3 weeks???

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AngelaN
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New met in 3 weeks???

Postby AngelaN » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:21 pm

DH has had a bit of a rough Nov. Had RFA of lung met, ended up in the hospital for 4d with a fever, then a week later a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and had a chest tube. All going well and he has a PET/CT on Monday. Today our oncologist tells us he has a new liver met - 1cm seen on PET. NOT SEEN ON CT 3 WEEKS AGO????? This makes no sense to me. In 3 weeks he grows a 1cm met?
Saw Rad Onc, SBRT is the tentative plan - but this doesn't seem right...
DH diagnosed with Stage 4 CRC Nov 2013
11 tx Folfox/Avastin; LAR/liver resection/introp RF of liver - May 2014
3 treatments FOLFIRI
Lung resection - Sept 2014
FOLFIRI + Avastin x 10 treatments
Avastin+5FU q3 weeks x 4
SBRT x 1 lung met
RFA for remaining 3 in Oct and Nov
SBRT for liver met Jan 16
lung mets growing
Enrolled in NIH TIL trial Oct 16
XRT for lung met 12/16
Cells didnt grow for TIL trial Feb 17
Waiting for NCT03085914 at Penn

Sams wife
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Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby Sams wife » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:41 pm

Maybe just a different kinds of CTs ? That is pretty much what is scarring me right now. Sorry yall had such a rough month.
No answers. Just questions myself. Hope it goes better this month.
Husband dx 1/13/15 St.2 CEA 7.1
Chemo/25rad 2/15 till 4/24/15
5FU/leucovorin
Surgery 6/8/2015 Stage IIa T3N0MX microscopic cancer left
Watching 4 lung spots
0/5 lymph nodes. Lap. APR
25% less 5FU/leucovorin 7/14/2015 x 26 CEA 3.4
25% more 5fu 9/2015
9/16/15 CEA 7.7
1/16/16 @ 9.2 during allergy?
3/16 New lung spot 4x4 mm
6/16 CEA 6.9 spot 5x5

midlifemom
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Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby midlifemom » Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:56 pm

Nothing about cancer is "right".
Sorry DH is going thru this, you too.
Stage 3 cc - dx Jan '14 age 53, cea 2.9
t2n2m0, KRAS mutant, MSS
Folfox Feb - Aug '14
Nov '14 cea 27.7 -2 liver masses
Dec '14 left lobectomy and HAI
Jan '15 FUDR and FOLFIRI
Aug '15 fudr done, liver clear, add avastin for lungs. Cea 4.3
Feb '16 CEA rising
May '16 2 wk break then drop Iri for 6 weeks.
Jul '16 cancer grew, constricted main bile duct. Stent inserted. On break till jaundice clears. CEA climbing. Doing reduced Folfox. Allergic to Oxali.
Sep'16 chemo failed. Trial or hospice?

JFrog
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Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby JFrog » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:05 pm

It was likely there 3 weeks ago but not picked up on. The CT slice thickness may have been too large to detect it very well. What I mean by this is different facilities/radiologists/protocols use different slice thickness on CT scans. A 1mm thickness is very precise but take longer with more radiation exposure when compared to a 2mm, 3mm, 5mm or 10mm. There are other reasons also for the different thickness use. Often times CT will have 5mm between each slice and a small met can squeeze in between those slices without being easily noticed. Small mets are not that easy to see especially in some livers especially without contrast. A radiologist might could go back now in hindsight and see it now. But when you add the PET, it is very easy to see even a small met because of the way the uptake lights up. Now it may have been smaller three weeks ago making it even harder to see. Hope this helps
DW dx 5/2012 Stage II @ age 45; MSS;
Emergency colostomy
5FU radiation
Resection 10/2012 and FOLFOX
Recurrence local and liver 5/2013
FOLFIRI 8 rds, Xeloda and repeat radiation
Liver res. 3/2014, repeat pelvic res. 7/2014
Liver(2) and lung recurrence(1) 9/2014, Iri w/ pan until progression then FOLFOX w/ Avastin until progression
MDA Targeted Therapy Clinical Trial 8/2015, Progressed10/15-off trial
Iri and pan. 11/2015
SBO 2/16 with successful resection 3/9/16
Clinical Trial AZD1775, 4/21/16

Steph20021
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Location: Ontario, Canada

Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby Steph20021 » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:23 pm

Angela I can feel your frustration. We get it. Thinking of you both.
DX 1/31/14 @ 33- SPS-T4a(invades visceral peri), N2a(6/106 LN), M1a(ovary) (Stage 4a) MSS; BRAF V600E
2/1/14-subtotal col, lost R ovary, temp ileo
3/14-9/14- folfox; sepsis
11/14-CT/PET: L ovary met, pelvic met, (?)ghost liver met(?)
12/14-folfiri -13 rds kept me stable from 3/15-6/15
8/15-HIPEC, NED
09/15- cea 0.9
05/16- recurrence in abdo wall and lymph nodes
01/17- pulmonary embolism
02/17- 1 wk radiation to abdo wall
08/16- on folfiri
01/18-folfox
11/18- Beacon trial-encorafenib & cetuximab

stu
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Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby stu » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:26 am

Hi,
Really sorry to hear that. My mum grew really fast tumours in her liver. Literally popped up. However her lung has one small met which is so slow growing it has surprised me. Chemo has always worked so well due to the rate of cell division but not an option this time due to the slow growth.
I hope he can put this behind him really soon as he has been through so much this year.
Take care
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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elise
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Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby elise » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:11 am

My liver met was never seen on CT. PET scan detected it when my blood markers kept rising.

It does happen, unfortunately.

Chin up and see what the next steps are.

Elise
2012
Feb - Stage 2 (T3 N0 M0) CC @ 30
Mar - R hemicolectomy, 18 LN
May-Nov 6 - Chemo (8 Xeloda)
2013
Feb - NED
2014
Feb - NED
May - Stage 4 - 1 liver met @ 32
Jun - Liver resection
Oct - CLEAN SCAN
Aug-Jan - FOLFOX 5 rounds, 5FU X 6
2015
Ap, Oct - NED
2016
Mar - NED

CM35
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Re: New met in 3 weeks???

Postby CM35 » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:26 pm

Happened to me this past summer. Liver was clear in July, 4 weeks later I had a liver met - 1.6 cm. I ended up having RFA, seemed to take care of it. Started chemo 10 days after the procedure.
stg IV 4/2013 @34 - liver, ovary/peritoneum
Lots of chemo, surgery and good luck - still doing well 03/2016...


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