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iluvmms
iluvmms CSN Member Posts: 134 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I went to Moffitt Cancer Center yesterday for a consult formy mets to liver. They told me that the mass involves one of the arteries and they want me to to 3 months of chemo but they want to add avastin to the cocktail and go back then to them for a liver dedicated CT scan. Hopefully it will shrink and then possibly surgery. They said I can not have the RFA because of location? It is in section 7, 8 and 4a of liver. I am hoping that chemo will shrink some of it. I felt really good about htis Doctor and just wondering if anyone else had a similar sceniaro? I was told I had stage IV cancer, then yesterday he said I have Stage T2-0 with M 1???? Is that about the same as stage IV????
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  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia CSN Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    #2
    You're Stage IV
    Any mets = Stage IV.

    I believe the T is the aggression level. I'm sure one of our more knowledgeable members can explain this better. It's usually reported as a T for aggression/ N for lymph nodes and M is for any mets. You may be T2/ N0/ M1.

    Glad you got some answers and hope/ pray the chemo will shrink your tumor in your liver so you can have surgery!
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  • lesvanb
    lesvanb CSN Member Posts: 905
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    stage 4 with T2-0-M1
    I think the staging refers to the primary tumor (mine was rectal). After LAR surgery, radiation and chemo, I was stage 2 rectal, lymph 0, and one met M1. one met = stage 4 advanced or metastatic disease.

    Leslie
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  • dmdwins
    dmdwins CSN Member Posts: 454 Member
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    lesvanb said:

    stage 4 with T2-0-M1
    I think the staging refers to the primary tumor (mine was rectal). After LAR surgery, radiation and chemo, I was stage 2 rectal, lymph 0, and one met M1. one met = stage 4 advanced or metastatic disease.

    Leslie

    T3N2M1- that was me
    The T stands for Tumor and the extent that it has invaded the wall of the colon or outside the wall. T3 is the most extensive

    The N stands for the amount of Node involvement N0-no nodes, N1 less than 5, N2 5 or more

    The M stands for metastasis M1-means one other site
    M2 -more than one other site

    Hope that helps

    Dawn
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