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pantufla
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Your opinion please

Postby pantufla » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:28 am

I'm wondering if someone would read my profile to see if you think no follow-up is reasonable.

I appreciate it.
DH T2 N1b M0. 3/15 positive nodes.
Stage IIIA moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.
Tumor size 6 cm.
Left hemicolectomy 10/26/15.
FOLFOX 11/30/15 to 5/2/16, full 12 cycles.
10/3/16 CT scan clear.
11/10/17 CT: "Focal opacity along the left lower lung, 7 mm. Two small peripheral opacities along the right lower lobe, 2 to 3 mm. A few small to mildly prominent left-sided central mesenteric nodes, up to 13 mm.
June 2019: NED.
2020: NED 5 years. 4 mm lung nodule on CT

pantufla
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Re: Your opinion please

Postby pantufla » Sat Nov 05, 2022 5:56 pm

Thank you. DH gets every 3-year colonoscopies. Do you think that's sufficient? His docs seem to think so. I just wonder about the nodes and opacities.
DH T2 N1b M0. 3/15 positive nodes.
Stage IIIA moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.
Tumor size 6 cm.
Left hemicolectomy 10/26/15.
FOLFOX 11/30/15 to 5/2/16, full 12 cycles.
10/3/16 CT scan clear.
11/10/17 CT: "Focal opacity along the left lower lung, 7 mm. Two small peripheral opacities along the right lower lobe, 2 to 3 mm. A few small to mildly prominent left-sided central mesenteric nodes, up to 13 mm.
June 2019: NED.
2020: NED 5 years. 4 mm lung nodule on CT

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John72
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Location: Los Angeles

Re: Your opinion please

Postby John72 » Sun Nov 06, 2022 7:19 pm

Hi.

No more follow ups for me after five years, colonoscopy every 3 years. Had one in 2018 and another one soon.
7/13/10 CC
7/23/10 -3C RC, 7cm,15/33 lymph nodes
8/31/10 5 1/2 weeks of radiation + Xeloda
11/12/10 6 rounds Oxy + Xeloda
3/25/11 Finished chemo
6/15/11 Colostomy reversal followed by infections
9/05/14 Clear CT scan

DarknessEmbraced
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Location: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Your opinion please

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:12 pm

Congratulations on being NED! I no longer had yearly CT scans after 5 years nor had tunor marker testing. I get colonoscopies every 2.5 years.
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! :)

sandkeeper
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Location: St Albans, UK

Re: Your opinion please

Postby sandkeeper » Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:42 pm

I've just recently reached the same point. Feels weird, doesn't it?

Although your DH was IIIA, my understanding is that a IIIA with chemo has less recurrence risk than many stage IIs. So there's nothing in your profile that shouts that more follow-up is needed or justified.

Although I've been discharged, my doctor did emphasise that if I have any symptoms, to come straight back. Hopefully yours is the same. Good luck.

EDIT: I'm on a 5 year cycle for colonoscopies now.
31 year old male, dx Oct 17
Staged IIA post sigmoid colectomy
T3b N0 M0
LVI-, PNI-, MSS
No chemo
Oct 18: clear CT
Oct 19: clear CT
Nov 19: became a father!
Oct 20: clear CT
Nov 20: clear colonoscopy
Nov 21: no more CTs but still being monitored and NED
Aug 22: clear MRI (tailbone pain triggers a scan)
Nov 22: 5 years cancer-free, discharged from follow-ups
CEA: always 1


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