Re: Re: Who was Stage III and progressed to Stage IV?

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Greg,

My brother was Stage III 10/01; had resection and 5 of 8 lymph nodes were

metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma--6 months of 5 FU/Lev. CEA 1.5--until 11/03

PET/CT indicated metastatic left-side retropenitoneal lymphadenopathy.

Presently obtaining opinions on surgery, chemo, etc. My humble opinion is to

take

the time to research, search and determine best there is up front--before first

surgery--not after this beast has reared its ugly head again. I fear there

is so much shock, denial and hurt that one just wants to do " something. " It

really pays to find out as much as you can early on.

Good luck and best wishes to all,

Gurlstar (betty)