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Anal Cancer

Archives for June 2016

Anal structure?
Hi all its been a while since I've been on but I do check in time to time. My mom was diagnosed with stage 2 anal cancer in January of 2015 had the standard treatment 5fu/radiation. She was cleared NED in June of 2015. In the past month she had experienced constipation which is rare for her so she went to her oncologist…
Follow-up Scans-how often for Stage 1-2
I have the 2016 NCCN guidelines and see that annual CT scans are for Stage 3-4 patients. It seems that many of you are having scans more frequently. I am Stage1-2, node negative. My onco started out mentionning every 3 months. I think that is alot of radiation (I also have had breast cancer in each breast),the scans for…
Proton therapy vs IMRT
I have stage III a squamous cell carcinoma. I was wondering what side effects people have experienced from doing IMRT (radiation)? I am looking into doing proton therapy as well, but there is not a lot of evidence yet as to success from it. I welcome thoughts and experiences.
Good news from Laz
Got my test results back and it's all good. My CEA is 2, but it's been always fluctuating around here and the oncologist says it's cool. Well what's is he gonna say? So I'm ok with it too. Worry never ends though. Will be 3 year NED in October. I come here every day to check on you and trying to support those who need it.…
Pain during BM ?
I have Stage 3b anal cancer. I completed treatment (chemo and radiation) on April 18th and I am still having terrible pain during every bowel movement. Is this normal? When does it start getting better??
Dating
I have been diagnoses with rare anal malanoma cancer. They are going to start radiation as well as chemo to try to shrink the mass. After that they will do surgery. If the mass still remains the same size because of the location they will do a radical surgery and I will have to have colstomy bag. I am a 58 year old widow.…
Relay Time.....
Hi all, Hoping today finds everyone with at least some sense of well-being along this adventure! So, I live in a rural area and most residents that care to participate attend the relay in a close neighboring town that does a big event. While my town does a relay, we are included in the same district and ours is much…

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