SBRT

Brenda Bricco
Brenda Bricco CSN Member Posts: 579 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

My husbabd is getting ready to have SBRT in the next couple weeks... I'm just wondering if there is anyone who has had this treatment and how it went.

Thanks

Brenda

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  • sdp
    sdp CSN Member Posts: 181
    #2
    Sbrt

    I have also been having recurrent liver mets since two resections and several ablation a in the past two years.

    the recurrence is almost every two months after the previous treatment ( resection / ablation)

    so far I have had two liver resections and had ablation done three times . 

    again after two months from the last ablation my cancer markers have increased - 

    as per previous experience this indicates another set of liver mets - which I think may show up on the scans ! 

    Also, such fast and aggressive recurrences in liver is astonishing even to the drs.

    is SBRT the way to go now ? 

    Any advise shall help.

     

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 CSN Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #3
    I dont know if SBRT is better

    I dont know if SBRT is better than RFA. They are both for local control. Surgery is still supposed to be the "gold standard". But as you an I both know multiple liver surgeries havent cured either of us sdp.

  • Momto3boys
    Momto3boys CSN Member Posts: 16
    #4
    Had SBRT in Aug

    Hi,

    I had sbrt on a lymph node and a small liver met.  It was a non event.  The radiation onc said 10% chance it would come back in the same spot....and if it did they would just nuke it again.....It's for local control, so since I'm stage IV...90% chance it will come back somewhere else.  The treatment was a breeze...zero recovery time.

    I am 4 1/2 years out from Stage IV.  I had my first recurrence at 36 months (surgery)  and 2nd recurrence at 50 months (SBRT).  I've been off chemo for 3 years.  Next scan is in Nov.

    Good luck to you.

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