Sugarbaker Protocol

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CanadaSue
CanadaSue Member Posts: 339 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi, I am new to this site!
My husband has colorectal cancer, and has so far had his large intestine removed. We are now awaiting more surgery, in Canada they are calling it the "Sugarbaker Protocol" It is where they remove seeds from your abdomin and then do hot chemo flushes for 5 days following. Has anyone had this procedure done or even heard of it?
Please let me know.

Have a great day all!

Sue

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  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
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    Hiya Sue from the unusual "upside down ozzies". Welcome to our family. I have no knowledge on your hubbies procedure but am sure others will come to the rescue. You might also like to post some "in depth" information on your hubbies original dx. That will help us all here to answer any of your questions...and I bet this first question is not the only one you want to ask. There is nothing to do with colon cancer here that is a "taboo" subject so feel free to post.Our best wishes to you both, Ross and Jen
  • nanuk
    nanuk Member Posts: 1,358 Member
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    kangatoo said:

    Hiya Sue from the unusual "upside down ozzies". Welcome to our family. I have no knowledge on your hubbies procedure but am sure others will come to the rescue. You might also like to post some "in depth" information on your hubbies original dx. That will help us all here to answer any of your questions...and I bet this first question is not the only one you want to ask. There is nothing to do with colon cancer here that is a "taboo" subject so feel free to post.Our best wishes to you both, Ross and Jen

    Although I am not familiar with the procedure, I have heard the name on this site..you might want to word search Sugarbaker. I believe he is a Dr. in New York, and some of his patients have posted here, and on the Yahoo semi-colon site. Bud
  • houseofclay
    houseofclay Member Posts: 63
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    A friend is currently in Washington D.C. to have Dr. Sugarbaker perform this treatment and so far, 2 weeks out, everything seems fine. It is complicated and I don't feel qualified to explain everything but Dr. Sugarbaker practices out of the Washington Hospital Center in D.C. and I am sure you could get his information from their website and call his office for more information. His wife works in his office and handles a lot of the phone calls.

    Andrea
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    Hey, Sue, welcome to the semi-colons (well, your hubby, but YOU by proxy)! I have not heard of either, but sounds like an interesting treatment. PLEASE keep us posted...about both you and hubby!
    Hugs,
    Kathi
  • CanadaSue
    CanadaSue Member Posts: 339 Member
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    kangatoo said:

    Hiya Sue from the unusual "upside down ozzies". Welcome to our family. I have no knowledge on your hubbies procedure but am sure others will come to the rescue. You might also like to post some "in depth" information on your hubbies original dx. That will help us all here to answer any of your questions...and I bet this first question is not the only one you want to ask. There is nothing to do with colon cancer here that is a "taboo" subject so feel free to post.Our best wishes to you both, Ross and Jen

    HI,
    After my husband had surgery to remove what we were told would be a 1 foot piece of intestine, the surgeon came to me and said that it was worse then they thought, and that they had to remove all of his large intestine plus a few nodes. And that it has spread to other places within the abdominial cavity. They found seedlings, there was one on his liver and most on his peritneal wall. We have been to the surgeon who is going to preform this sugarbaker Protocol. He said they will be removing the scar tissue all around his incission from the first surgery, a piece of liver, his gallbladder (We were told that Chemo and the gallbladder do no mix well) possibly his spleen, and his stomach. After this they will wash out the cavity for 90 minutes with hot Chemo (44).
    They then sew him up and leave in 4 tubes. Then
    they start Hot Chemo washes everyday for 5 days straight. They leave the Chemo in for 23 hours, take it out and leave you dry for 1 hour, then the procedure starts again. We have been told the odds of just going with chemo, and doing this procedure they say there is a 20 - 50% chance of getting it all. At this point as my husband is only 47 they say he has a good chance of beating it.
  • CanadaSue
    CanadaSue Member Posts: 339 Member
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    houseofclay said:

    A friend is currently in Washington D.C. to have Dr. Sugarbaker perform this treatment and so far, 2 weeks out, everything seems fine. It is complicated and I don't feel qualified to explain everything but Dr. Sugarbaker practices out of the Washington Hospital Center in D.C. and I am sure you could get his information from their website and call his office for more information. His wife works in his office and handles a lot of the phone calls.

    Andrea

    HI,

    Is your friend still in the hospital? We have been told my husband can be in for up to 15 days.

    Sue
  • houseofclay
    houseofclay Member Posts: 63
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    CanadaSue said:

    HI,

    Is your friend still in the hospital? We have been told my husband can be in for up to 15 days.

    Sue

    Our friend was told to expect a 21 day hospital stay and so far, that appears to be what will happen. Today (Tues) is the 2-week mark and when I talked with his wife yesterday, an early release seemed unlikely.

    Andrea
  • themis01
    themis01 Member Posts: 167
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    My mom had the Sugarbaker surgery at Washington hospital Center. Unfortunately when they opened her up the cancer was much more extensive (especially in her liver) and the complete surgery was not done. She was in the hospital for 3 weeks. It was a very intense recovery, but would have been worth it if it had worked.
    Erika

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