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by I_will_fight
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:45 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: osteoarthrosis - platelet rich plasma and stem cell implant for oncologic patients?
Replies: 2
Views: 111

osteoarthrosis - platelet rich plasma and stem cell implant for oncologic patients?

Hi all, I am suffering from osteoarthritis in my left knee... I am seeking treatment and a traumatologist suggested the use of Platelet rich plasma and stem cells implants as viable treatments. Does anyone here have experience/knowledge/papers/opinion on the use of platelet rich plasma or stem cell ...
by I_will_fight
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Interesting (and optimistic) danish study on recurrence for stage I-III colorectal cancer
Replies: 5
Views: 473

Re: Interesting (and optimistic) danish study on recurrence for stage I-III colorectal cancer

Thanks for posting information on this study, and for the graphs. Very interesting! This suggests to me that there may be some changes in Standard of Care that have triggered new survival statistics. Does anyone have information on changes in CRC standards of care over the past 10 to 20 years? I th...
by I_will_fight
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:00 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Interesting (and optimistic) danish study on recurrence for stage I-III colorectal cancer
Replies: 5
Views: 473

Re: Interesting (and optimistic) danish study on recurrence for stage I-III colorectal cancer

saltygirl wrote:I was unfortunately the stage 1 that progressed to stage 4. Had very aggressive treatment. 3 years NED now.


Sorry to hear that you progressed but happy that you have been NED for 3 years.

May I ask you how long between surgery and progression to stage 4?

Good luck
by I_will_fight
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:44 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Interesting (and optimistic) danish study on recurrence for stage I-III colorectal cancer
Replies: 5
Views: 473

Interesting (and optimistic) danish study on recurrence for stage I-III colorectal cancer

Hi all, Many here are anxious about the possibility of recurrence. I hope this study helps a bit. Specially useful to put older and newer statistics into perspective. This study from Danemark compares recurrence rates between patients treated in different calendar periods (2004-2008, 2009-2013, and ...
by I_will_fight
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:03 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: What stage am I
Replies: 2
Views: 549

Re: What stage am I

Good question. I am not so familiar with the staging of rectal cancer (mine was colon) Depending on whether that node had cancer cells in it you might be stage 2a or 3a. Statistically both should give you good chances. This paper cites someting like 75-85% (and it includes also cases with higher sta...
by I_will_fight
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Perineural invasion
Replies: 9
Views: 796

Re: Perineural invasion

Hi there. PNI means that cancer cells have been found growing inside or along your nerves, this is a potential route for cancer cells to invade other parts of the body, but please mark the word "potential".... it might happen, but most likely it wont. Perineural invasion (PNI) is a risk fa...
by I_will_fight
Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: 3.5 years result
Replies: 5
Views: 1629

Re: 3.5 years result

Hi all, DarknessEmbraced, Skimom and Ginny, thanks for your kind words. Regarding Ginny's question on tumor marker ca19.9 CEA is typically the most specific marker for CRC, but it also can be raised by inflammation and/or liver stress (the liver cleans up CEA) CA19.9 is typically used for Pancreatic...
by I_will_fight
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Recurring
Replies: 21
Views: 4627

Re: Recurring

Thanks yall! Signatera neg. It was neg all the way thru when I had lung mets but we do it anyway. Bloodwork and scan will give a bigger picture. next week. I am anxious for Germany to review and give their expert opinion. I alreadysent the expanded bloodwork and signatera. I have told 2 surgeons so...
by I_will_fight
Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: 3.5 years result
Replies: 5
Views: 1629

3.5 years result

Hi All, I just received the report from my 3.5 years tests CT scan - clear. Tumor markers: CEA 1.3 CA125 7 CA199 2 Everthing else also normal My lymphocites are slightly over the normal range and NLR is 0.86 (so more lymphocytes than neutrophils) Not sure what to make of this. I had a signatera test...
by I_will_fight
Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:12 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Association KRAS G13D and Anastomotic Recurrence
Replies: 0
Views: 1264

Association KRAS G13D and Anastomotic Recurrence

In a nutshell: Patients with mutation KRAS G13D appear to be more likely to suffer Anastomotic recurrences. This seems to be the case for all mutations of the A->D type (i.e. G12D and G13D) What is more. Patients that suffer Anastomotic Recurrence show worse prognosis if they have KRAS G13D mutation...
by I_will_fight
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Chance of cancer coming back over time
Replies: 18
Views: 6750

Re: Chance of cancer coming back over time

I was stage 2a after surgery in 2014. The oncologist said that I have a 10% to 15% chance my cancer will come back. I hope this isn't a stupid question. Does that 10% to 15% chance go down each year that I remain cancer free after surgery? I didn't do chemo because the oncologist said the side effe...
by I_will_fight
Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:46 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: New here - stage 2A looking for feedback from others in similar situation
Replies: 5
Views: 3843

Re: New here - stage 2A looking for feedback from others in similar situation

I am stage 2a as well, but with one high risk factor. I did 3 months of Capox, it was tough, but dodable, and it has not left me any obvious enduring problem. Now Capox is a doublet chemo (it combines two chemos in one) as oppossed to FU-5 or Capecitabine (which are single agent chemos and milder in...
by I_will_fight
Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:37 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: How many of you take daily dose aspirin?
Replies: 11
Views: 8453

Re: How many of you take daily dose aspirin?

I've taken low dose aspirin since the 1980s since there are at least two prior generations of fatal colon cancer in my lineage. Also early large polyps in a sibling, 6 at 35 yo. Also 3-4 generations of early heart attacks in the guys across the male lines, late 40s-60s. In the 1980s, I found I coul...
by I_will_fight
Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:43 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Microbiome
Replies: 1
Views: 1013

Re: Microbiome

I definitely had undiagnosed h pylori which had to be attended to and wasnt discovered until well after radiation/chemo. “ Objective Helicobacter pylori infection is the most prevalent bacterial infection worldwide. Besides being the most important risk factor for gastric cancer development, epidem...

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