Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 > My colon cancer was removed in July of this year. > Cancer has spread to the peritoneum and it cannot > be removed. My oncologist says that it is > impossible for him to predict how many more years > I can live. (One time he said one or two more years.) > Is anybody in just the same situation as mine? > > Thanks > > Shig <<<< click on the files section of the website. There is some information there that you might find helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Dear Shig- Are they certain that it cannot be removed? In general peritoneal metastasis is considered inoperable. However, there are a few surgeons who do attempt to treat these by removing all visible disease and then treating with heated chemotherapeutic drugs placed directly in the abdomen. The most well known is Dr. Sugarbaker in Washington D.C. You may want to search for some recent discussion about this on these boards. He did surgery Feb '03 to treat my peritoneal metastatic lesions from rectal carcinoma. He recommended I be put on oxaliplatin while getting in shape for surgery. At surgery, after 6 treatments with oxaliplatin, the previous numerous peritoneal nodules had become too small to see. I had recurrance in lymph nodes, and liver afterwards, but so far not in my peritoneum. Now that I am back on oxaliplatin my lymph nodes and liver nodules have shrunk markedly and I feel well 1 yr after the diagnosis of my peritoneal metastasis. Kris In colon_cancer_support , " blackieonmercerisland " <BlackieOnMercerIsland@y...> wrote: > My colon cancer was removed in July of this year. > Cancer has spread to the peritoneum and it cannot > be removed. My oncologist says that it is > impossible for him to predict how many more years > I can live. (One time he said one or two more years.) > Is anybody in just the same situation as mine? > > Thanks > > Shig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Hi, Kris! My oncologist told me yesterday that the cancer on peritoneum could not be removed and that chemotherapy in my case would work only for a short period of time. I will talk to my oncologist based on your suggestions. In October I will have a blood test and CT scanning to see how my cancer on peritoneum is growing. Thank you very much for your advice. Have a nice weekend! Shig > > My colon cancer was removed in July of this year. > > Cancer has spread to the peritoneum and it cannot > > be removed. My oncologist says that it is > > impossible for him to predict how many more years > > I can live. (One time he said one or two more years.) > > Is anybody in just the same situation as mine? > > > > Thanks > > > > Shig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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