Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Hi Katy, Very sorry to hear about your recurrence. I would tend to prefer surgery if it is possible. From all I have read, surgery is still considered the " gold standard " therapy for liver mets. There is about a 1/3 chance of CURE for patients with limited disease (maybe such as your case). RFA has not yet been proven " as good as " surgery when it comes to potential cure rate. If they have to do " open surgery " RFA (as opposed to the " easier " percutaneous RFA where no incisions are made), then there may be little difference in recovery times between the RFA and the liver resection anyway. In that case, there is no reason to prefer the RFA over surgery. Have you discussed the pros and cons of surgery vs RFA with a surgeon? Perhaps you might want to get the opinions of several different surgeons - at least one of which at a major cancer center (or at least someone at a State University). Best Wishes, > Saw oncologist yesterday and cancer has recurred in liver--two > spots. (Was stage III, 3 of 14 nodes involved in 3/03 surgery, did > the 5FU routine for 9 months). Anyway, my choices are: Do nothing, > surgery, or RFA. (I'm a bad chemo subject--naturally thin, chemo did > more bad things to me than to the cancer...). I'm hoping RFA can be > done (surgeon who did initial surgery also does RFA.) Input from > y'all. > Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Katy, I can't comment in the form of advice as I am caregiver to a stage III husband who is still undergoing chemo, but I would like to say that whatever choice/choices you make, run with them and don't look back. I believe in getting the best and most aggressive that you can get. This beast is aggressive and to fight it with anything less just does not seem right. Have faith in your choices, once made, and keep a positive attitude. I know several folks on this board will be responding to you that are much more qualified to give you " technical " advice, but I am here to render support to whomever wants it and needs it. Take care and God Bless. Monika > Saw oncologist yesterday and cancer has recurred in liver--two > spots. (Was stage III, 3 of 14 nodes involved in 3/03 surgery, did > the 5FU routine for 9 months). Anyway, my choices are: Do nothing, > surgery, or RFA. (I'm a bad chemo subject--naturally thin, chemo did > more bad things to me than to the cancer...). I'm hoping RFA can be > done (surgeon who did initial surgery also does RFA.) Input from > y'all. > Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Katy, I would jump in and go for the RFA. My husbands doctor did the RFA to the lung on a lady I met via internet. That was Dr. Nielson in San . Three months later she had a Dr. Cohn from Florida do RFA to her liver and she is now in remission. She spent the night for the RFA to the liver and out patient for the RFA to the lung. Joyce > Saw oncologist yesterday and cancer has recurred in liver--two > spots. (Was stage III, 3 of 14 nodes involved in 3/03 surgery, did > the 5FU routine for 9 months). Anyway, my choices are: Do nothing, > surgery, or RFA. (I'm a bad chemo subject--naturally thin, chemo did > more bad things to me than to the cancer...). I'm hoping RFA can be > done (surgeon who did initial surgery also does RFA.) Input from > y'all. > Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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