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Anybody successfully treated of 1 long distance Lymph node metastasis, just with chemo?

pepebcn
pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
edited March 2011 in Colorectal Cancer #1
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  • mom_2_3
    mom_2_3 CSN Member Posts: 953 Member
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    Pepe
    Our best friend's father was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer where the mets were distant lymph nodes throughout the chest and neck region. One was biopsied to help determine the original tumor (which they had a tough time finding as it wasn't found until the third colonoscopy).

    Our friend's father did 6 months of FOLFOX and Avastin. The lymph nodes all disappeared at which point they did surgery on the primary. Next month will be his 7 year NED celebration.

    Hope this helps,
    Amy
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    mom_2_3 said:

    Pepe
    Our best friend's father was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer where the mets were distant lymph nodes throughout the chest and neck region. One was biopsied to help determine the original tumor (which they had a tough time finding as it wasn't found until the third colonoscopy).

    Our friend's father did 6 months of FOLFOX and Avastin. The lymph nodes all disappeared at which point they did surgery on the primary. Next month will be his 7 year NED celebration.

    Hope this helps,
    Amy

    Great news Amy ! is he still on maintenance chemo or not any
    more?
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  • mom_2_3
    mom_2_3 CSN Member Posts: 953 Member
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    pepebcn said:

    Great news Amy ! is he still on maintenance chemo or not any
    more?

    Pepe
    He had the original 6 months of treatment and then surgery. I believe he did another 3 months of chemo after surgery and that was it. Other than regular (now yearly) CT scans and blood work (every 6 months) he had no other treatments. He is very healthy and happy today, spending lots of time travelling and gardening and spending time with his grandkids.

    Hope this helps,
    Amy
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    mom_2_3 said:

    Pepe
    He had the original 6 months of treatment and then surgery. I believe he did another 3 months of chemo after surgery and that was it. Other than regular (now yearly) CT scans and blood work (every 6 months) he had no other treatments. He is very healthy and happy today, spending lots of time travelling and gardening and spending time with his grandkids.

    Hope this helps,
    Amy

    Good I appreciate your testimony a lot Amy really I do!
    Have a good night and thank you again!
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    pepebcn said:

    Good I appreciate your testimony a lot Amy really I do!
    Have a good night and thank you again!

    Somebody else?
    Thank you!
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  • Randy33
    Randy33 CSN Member Posts: 69 Member
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    pepebcn said:

    Somebody else?
    Thank you!

    I had mets to lymph nodes in
    I had mets to lymph nodes in my neck and to my liver. I did 10 rounds of Folfox/Avastin after which the tumors in my neck and liver had disappeared. That was over 2yrs ago and so far no reoccurence.

    Randy
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    Randy33 said:

    I had mets to lymph nodes in
    I had mets to lymph nodes in my neck and to my liver. I did 10 rounds of Folfox/Avastin after which the tumors in my neck and liver had disappeared. That was over 2yrs ago and so far no reoccurence.

    Randy

    great randy, this are good new to me as my docs trust it must be
    fighted just with chemo, ( you know we always want to be operated!) LOL.
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    pepebcn said:

    great randy, this are good new to me as my docs trust it must be
    fighted just with chemo, ( you know we always want to be operated!) LOL.

    Just looking for other positive testimonies !
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  • Buzzard
    Buzzard CSN Member Posts: 3,043 Member
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    pepebcn said:

    Just looking for other positive testimonies !
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    You my friend are a walking testimony......
    and you will do fine through all of this.....Peace and Love coming to you and yours.......buzz
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  • pepebcn
    pepebcn CSN Member Posts: 6,331 Member
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    Buzzard said:

    You my friend are a walking testimony......
    and you will do fine through all of this.....Peace and Love coming to you and yours.......buzz

    Thank you brother!
    Hugs!
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  • kuastoi
    kuastoi CSN Member Posts: 63
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    pepebcn said:

    Thank you brother!
    Hugs!

    Wow, love Amy and Randy's input
    I too have distant lymph node involvement -neck, chest, belly - so far no other organs though.

    Hope to join the ranks of NED someday and working hard to do it. I am 2 years out and still positive I can lick it.

    Tom
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