Re: Priscilla: colonoscopy frequency

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My Dad was clean but since he has family history ,(my paternal grandfather),

his Dr. said he wants him back in 3 years. That would be 2005 but Dad said he

is going back before Christmas anyway because he doesn't feel comfortable with

that especially now that Phil has cancer.

Trust me the way may Dad carries on he'll get it. God help any Dr. who says

NO to him!!

Only the family knows his barks much worse than his bite! (LOL)

So Cliff frankly I'd say YEARLY what would it hurt? May be clean may be a

small polyp but I would rather be sure and not get caught.

It should also be protocol for following up the chemo you were on to see how

effective it is over time. So if your onc. or insurance doesn't go for it

check with the drug companies maybe they will pay for it for research follow-up.

I wish you the very best Cliff. May God bless you with continued good health.

Narice

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Hi Cliff and Dianne,

Here's the link to our proposed guidelines.

http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/pdf/proposal.pdf

However, be aware that if you grow polyps rapidly or someone in your family does

then you do need to be screened more often. Also, if the doctor suspects that

your colon cancer developed from a " flat polyp " then you probably need to go

more often because these are nearly impossible to detect in the very early

stage.

However, we strongly believe that the GCC-B1 blood test should be in use for

surveillance of all colon cancer patients. This would significantly up the odds

of detecting any return of the disease even before it can be detected by ANY of

the screening methods.

-Priscilla

CCNetwork

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" Snoopy Walks to End Colon Cancer "

October 17, 2004, Washington DC 5k Walk/Run

www.colorectal-cancer.net

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> Date: 2004/09/08 Wed AM 11:09:34 EDT

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> Subject: Re: Priscilla: colonoscopy frequency

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[Guest guest]

Hi Cliff and Dianne,

Here's the link to our proposed guidelines.

http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/pdf/proposal.pdf

However, be aware that if you grow polyps rapidly or someone in your family does

then you do need to be screened more often. Also, if the doctor suspects that

your colon cancer developed from a " flat polyp " then you probably need to go

more often because these are nearly impossible to detect in the very early

stage.

However, we strongly believe that the GCC-B1 blood test should be in use for

surveillance of all colon cancer patients. This would significantly up the odds

of detecting any return of the disease even before it can be detected by ANY of

the screening methods.

-Priscilla

CCNetwork

_________________

" Snoopy Walks to End Colon Cancer "

October 17, 2004, Washington DC 5k Walk/Run

www.colorectal-cancer.net

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> Date: 2004/09/08 Wed AM 11:09:34 EDT

> To: colon_cancer_support

> Subject: Re: Priscilla: colonoscopy frequency

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[Guest guest]

My GI doctor didn't recommend that I have this colonoscopy. I forced

the issue. I asked my oncologist and he said that if it was him,

he'd have one done. I already knew that I wanted one but I wanted to

make sure I wasn't making a mountain out of a molehill.

Again, I'm looking at getting rescreened in two or three years. I

have not had anything show up in two years so I think I'm ok for two

more. I'm still going to be CT scanned, etc... so I think I'm ok. I

was just fishing for more opinions to make an argument one way or the

other. The more information one has, the better the decision a

person can make.

Miracles happen!

Cliff H.

> My Dad was clean but since he has family history ,(my paternal

grandfather),

> his Dr. said he wants him back in 3 years. That would be 2005 but

Dad said he

> is going back before Christmas anyway because he doesn't feel

comfortable with

> that especially now that Phil has cancer.

>

> Trust me the way may Dad carries on he'll get it. God help any Dr.

who says

> NO to him!!

> Only the family knows his barks much worse than his bite! (LOL)

>

> So Cliff frankly I'd say YEARLY what would it hurt? May be clean

may be a

> small polyp but I would rather be sure and not get caught.

>

> It should also be protocol for following up the chemo you were on

to see how

> effective it is over time. So if your onc. or insurance doesn't go

for it

> check with the drug companies maybe they will pay for it for

research follow-up.

>

> I wish you the very best Cliff. May God bless you with continued

good health.

> Narice

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