Colon cancer screening at 45 - New guidelines

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Re: Colon cancer screening at 45 - New guidelines

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:10 am

I was diagnosed at 36 in 2014. I think the age should be lowered more to at least 30.
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured! :)


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