signet ring colon cancer

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  • simplykayla
    simplykayla Member Posts: 12
    #22
    Sasha46 said:

    My sister's chemo
    Hi Kayla,

    Sorry I'm just now getting back on here. My sister will be on chemo again for 6 months. This time they are putting something in it that helps hinder the growth of tumors. I have been calling places about that HIPEC Treatment. Maybe you should ask your Oncologist about it. My sister asked her doctor about it and he wasn't real receptive to it at first but we started calling places about it. Cleveland Clinic has a doctor that does it. If it is in your abdomine and pelvis area and not in your major organs, you could be a candidate for it. You are young and I think the procedure sounds promising for colon cancer.

    I've been looking around for
    I've been looking around for some places for second opinions. even if I have to go out of state. I don't want my options to be limited to just one doctors opinions, even if he is a great doctor. Hopefully the chemo will not be too harsh for her. Positive thinking honestly will get very far. If she ever needs some more support (or anyone) just send me an email and I will be happy to learn more about everyone. My email is kaylasimplyrocks@aol.com =]
  • janklo
    janklo Member Posts: 23
    #23
    Sasha46 said:

    HIPEC Surgery
    Hi Janet,

    I just replied to Kayla and she is an inspiration. I just want to know from you, where is your daughter getting her HIPEC surgery? After your post, I read about that and I think that may be an option for my sister. Her colon cancer grew out of her colon and into her abdom. and pelvis area. There not sure they can do radiation yet because of the widespread area. They never mentioned HIPEC at all!

    Any info. you can provide would be appreciated!

    Thanks so much,
    Sondra

    upddate
    Sasha,
    My daughter had surgery in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton University with Dr. Loggie. It was last week. The ended up removing both ovaries. The left one was 20 times the normal size (weighed 480 grams) and totally cancer. The right looked normal but the biopsy showed it was cancer too, all signet cell. The uterus was fine though. They ended up not performing the HIPEC perfusion part of the surgery because the remaining disease is in the mesentery of the small bowel and the nodules are 3 mm which is just above the size limit the heated chemo would attack (goes to 2 mm deep). But, they feel the other chemo she has done is working because the other nodules showed they were shriveling up and dying. So they recommend she go back on FOLFIRI with Vectibex and add Avastin to the mix, starting in January. She got the estrogen patch and pills and she's all healed up and back working from home, feels great! So we move on - her doctor says there are new therapies coming down the pike really soon and now is the greatest age of discovery for GI cancer drugs. So keep up hope!
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #24
    janklo said:

    upddate
    Sasha,
    My daughter had surgery in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton University with Dr. Loggie. It was last week. The ended up removing both ovaries. The left one was 20 times the normal size (weighed 480 grams) and totally cancer. The right looked normal but the biopsy showed it was cancer too, all signet cell. The uterus was fine though. They ended up not performing the HIPEC perfusion part of the surgery because the remaining disease is in the mesentery of the small bowel and the nodules are 3 mm which is just above the size limit the heated chemo would attack (goes to 2 mm deep). But, they feel the other chemo she has done is working because the other nodules showed they were shriveling up and dying. So they recommend she go back on FOLFIRI with Vectibex and add Avastin to the mix, starting in January. She got the estrogen patch and pills and she's all healed up and back working from home, feels great! So we move on - her doctor says there are new therapies coming down the pike really soon and now is the greatest age of discovery for GI cancer drugs. So keep up hope!

    Hi Janklo, just curious,
    Hi Janklo, just curious, did your daughters doctor mention what exciting treatments are coming down the pipe??

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