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NED

kayb48
kayb48 CSN Member Posts: 13
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
what date do you use to be your NED date? Is it the last day of chemo if no cancer is showing on scans or some other date.
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  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia CSN Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    #2
    My onc and surgeon use
    date of surgery if all 'known' cancer was removed at that time. So, I was Stage III and NED on Jan. 7th, 2009 and after CEA on Dec. 15th. Yearly CT Scan and four month blood work to be done in early April.
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  • kayb48
    kayb48 CSN Member Posts: 13
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    dianetavegia said:

    My onc and surgeon use
    date of surgery if all 'known' cancer was removed at that time. So, I was Stage III and NED on Jan. 7th, 2009 and after CEA on Dec. 15th. Yearly CT Scan and four month blood work to be done in early April.

    After my surgery I still had
    After my surgery I still had a spot on my liver. i did 5 rounds of chemo then the spot was removed. No cancer was showing up after surgery but I had 7 more rounds of chemo.
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  • lesvanb
    lesvanb CSN Member Posts: 905
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    after my second surgery
    which removed one met to the liver and all known cancer left in my body, my docs said I was NED. First surgery was the LAR to remove rectal tumor.

    Leslie
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