My original pathology report also showed only high grade dysplasia. Similarly to your story, my GI doc also was sure it was cancer. They did more digging and did find invasive adenocarcinoma. In my case, the tumor was sizeable, but the area of actual invasive cancer was small. They won't leave you ...

... The doctor that was going to perform the ESD advised cancelling that procedure and is instead referring my mom to a multi-disciplinary rectal cancer clinic where it sounds like they may do additional scans I guess to also check for spread to distant lymph nodes. ... Thank you for any thoughts y...

... The doctor that was going to perform the ESD advised cancelling that procedure and is instead referring my mom to a multi-disciplinary rectal cancer clinic where it sounds like they may do additional scans I guess to also check for spread to distant lymph nodes. ... Thank you for any thoughts y...

Hi all, This is my first post, I'm so glad I found this community. I am helping my mother face rectal cancer and would greatly appreciate your thoughts and advice. She had a colonoscopy and then endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) concerning a suspicious polyp in the lower rectum. The EUS staging came back ...