Postby LeonW » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:35 pm
Achilles Torn wrote:. . . there are those that when they had surgery after Chemo their tumors were virtually gone or 'dead' from the Chemo.
Yes this sometimes happens. I'm one of these lucky ones, see my signature. IIRC, my docs said that they see this in some 6% of initially non-resectable cases of liver mets. I sometimes wonder if, in retrospect and in theory, my (difficult) liver resection could have been avoided, but have no regrets.
I hope this helps a little, L
Dec 2012 - CC 2 unresect liver mets, CEA 41.8 (MM 65yrs)
Jan 2013 - colectomy @ spleen 2/26 nodes IVa T3N1bM1a
Feb-Jul - 1x Xelox-7x Xelox/Avastin, shrinkage from #3
Aug - 2x PV embolization (both failed)
Sep 2013 - R liver resect, 25d hosp (liver failure/delirium, lung emboli, encephalopathy), no living cancer (pCR)
2014/15 - recovery, scopy: 2 polyps
2016 - new town/life
2018, scopy: 2 polyps
2018/20 low (1.0-1.4) CEAs/clean CTs: 4x2014, 6x2015-17, 3x2018-20
next June 2021!