Postby Utwo » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:42 pm
What is a standard follow up for Stage 1?
I got an appointment for a colonoscopy in a year after my surgery with the same GI surgeon.
What should also be done?
Based on the stories in this forum I am concerned about spread to liver or lungs and want to detect such spread (if any) as early as possible.
What is the best way to detect such spread? CT scan, MRI, ultrasound?
I live in Canada and do not have an oncologist so far.
Should I get one to facilitate all follow ups?
58 yo male at diagnosis: T1bN0M0, 0/15 nodes, low grade/moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma
03/2016 colonoscopy: 2 small polyps removed in left colon; CEA = 1.3
04/2016 colonoscopy: caecum sessile 3.5 cm polyp piecemeal removed with kind of clear margins
05/2016 "prophylactic" laparoscopic right hemicolectomy - bleeding, leak, infection
06/2017 CT scan, colonoscopy OK; CEA = 1.6
A lot of funny stuff discovered by CT scans in liver, kidney, lungs, arteries, gallbladder, lymph node, pancreas