My mum just had a surgery 3 days ago to remove a colon cancer at the caecum. CT scan showed that it had not spread to other organs (No distant metastasis). Histopathology finding: Infiltrating moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. The colorectal surgeon said whether the lymph nodes were affected or not would be confirmed after surgery and samples sent for testing. So we were hoping it would be a T3N0M0 type of cancer.

After surgery, I read surgeon’s operative findings: 1) Ca Cecum cT3N1M0, 2) No peritoneal seedlings, 3) Nodes present at right colon masentery, and 4) No ascites.

My questions:
1) Prior to pathology report, can the surgeon confirm the lymph nodes are infected?
2) My mum is 80 years old. If confirmed T3N1M0 and chemotherapy is required, should she go for it given her old age?
3) What is the survival rate with T3N1M0 surgically removed but no chemotherapy done?

Any help in enlightening me and clearing my doubts would be very much appreciated. Thanks

are you at greater risk of cancer redeveloping after having cancerous polyps removed? and are you likely to need chemotherapy afterward?
.. the situation i am wondering about is if two colonoscopies did not get out all of the cancer and surgery is issued to take out a section of the large intestine
there were a lot of polyps and ones too large to remove without surgery

has to go through 6 months of chemotherapy. How awful is that? Now will the drugs make her very sick? Or will the doctors give her anti-nausea medication. That is a long time to be on "CHEMO." The cancer was in 3 of the 12 lymph nodes. She is around 50 or 60. I do not ask age due to it is personal.

My father in his early 50′s got diagnosed with Colon cancer stage 3. Had surgery about 7 weeks ago. VERY little has spread past his colon wall to his lymph nodes (less than 3)

His chemo is about to start in 4 days through a PICC line. The medicine in the chemotherapy is Oxaliplatin, Leucovotin, 5-Fluorouracil insfusion.

He’ll be in chemo for 2 months, the radiation with chemo and then chemo… Is this kind of treatment good for this stage of colon cancer? More information on the drugs?? Could he possibly find another treatment? What is the best thing for him to do right now?

Do I have any other options other than chemotherapy? It hasn’t been confirmed that the primary cancer is in the small intestine – it has been assumed.

A family member has inoperable tumors and chemotherapy has not been working, so the doctor is stopping chemo and moving to "second-line therapy." Can anyone explain what this means (in laymen’s terms) and if it is an indicator of prognosis? The family member has small intestine, or small bowel, cancer, which, from a cursory search online, seems hard to find information on and even harder in plain English.

Not looking for hypertechnical resources, please.

Can someone who has ever been through chemotherapy for colon cancer or sat through a chemo treatment with someone or who is in oncology field please give me a run down of what a typical chemotherapy infusion is like for a patient? Specifically, I’m looking at the FOLFOX regimen.

I’m a writer and I’m trying to describe my character’s first chemotherapy treatment, so a full account with as many details as you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!

But our doctor insist in some sessions of chemotherapy, the "mayo sheme therapy"… which is 5 days of chemotherapy and 3 weeks of rest. My problem is that my husband is to skinny. Do you think this is okey for him? He has good red cells blood count. But what about other problems?? Please help me. Tell me something about this. dd.

Experimental Cancer Treatment?

I’m 22 years old, to some this may seem dumb, but I need to try everything. But you never know if someone out there knows of a good experimental treatment that has high counts of success.

My mom has been battling cancer off and on. It started in my freshmen year with stage 4-colon cancer. 7 years later it has spread into different organs but she has been able to concur the problem at times, and even went into remission. She has been in remission for almost a year, and about three months ago she found out the cancer had spread to her liver. After of having been on several different forms of chemotherapy, including being on the pump, the doctors had her try the one last form of chemo they could think of to battle the cancer. After 2 months the doctors said the treatment hadn’t helped her at all.

After consulting with several doctors they seem to feel that they have no treatments left to try on my mom to fight off the cancer and the only option was experimental drugs.

Has anyone heard of any experimental drugs having high success? If she doesn’t find one that does they’re not sure how much longer she could fight off the cancer.

Thank You

My Grandma had a large cancer removed from her ascending colon about a year ago. Several lymph nodes contained cancer also. She had no evidence that it had spread anywhere else – liver , lungs and bones were scanned before the surgery. The oncologist felt that she was too medically fragile to get chemotherapy because she had 2 strokes right after the surgery. Now the cancer has come back in her abdomen. It is in her liver, but also spread all around the abdomen and is producing a lot of fluid. Is there any hope that she can be cured? If not, how long does she have to live? She is 91.

While undergoing chemotherapy and radiation, his esophagus was burned. CT scans show that the tumor cells have diminished, but he developed an atonic mega colon as a result of the chemotherapy. He also has tranverse myelitis and Multiple Sclerosis. He won’t eat and is being fed intraveneously in the hospital with nutrients, vitamins and minerals that provide him with 3000 calories per day. He cannot feed himself and when we feed him, he never takes more than 3 – 4 bites of food per day. He barely moves and we are lucky if he chooses to sit in a chair for fifteen minutes. His speech is often slurred. The only alternative that we have is to get him strong enough for surgery for the atonic mega colon but he often refuses the physical therapy as it is too much work for him and he is worn out afterwards. We fear that the MS is really kicking in from his lack of movement. He has been in the hospital for 3 weeks and nearly bedridden for 60 days. Is there any hope that he will recover?

Could it possibly be a genetic for someone to have colon cancer and needs a partial coloectomy and they dont need no treatment at this time such as, radiation or chemotherapy? Will this young person to have normal bowels again? Do doctors really recommend the person to be on a special diet? Does that means they have to wear a bag through their skin?

Can you give me some foods that help fight it and some foods we should avoid. Thanks.
Well my brother-in-law is currently battling stage 4 colon cancer and is on chemotherapy. He has loss of appetite, dry mouth, nausau, and vomiting.

Hey everyone! My mom was diagnosed with colorectal cancer a few weeks ago. She is starting chemotherapy today, and I don't know much about the treatment. Does anyone know about it? I would appreciate any help! Thanks!

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