SCC found in Small Intestine
Hoping everyone has a healthy and joyous Christmas.
Ed & Gail
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Wow
I've never heard of that. Hoping you enjoy the week with the grandkids. Will be thinking of you.0 -
Clear marginsSkiffin16 said:Any chances of removing that section of the bowel?
Thoughts & Prayers,
John
John,
Yes, they took 5 inches of small intestine and had clear margins. They also removed and biopsied 5 lymph nodes which were NED. Concern is how it grew to tumor size in the 2/3 months since the last scan. Head neck doc said it could have been sitting there dormant for years. Just one of those cancer cells we all have that opted to multiply.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Ed0 -
PETEd_PortOrange said:Clear margins
John,
Yes, they took 5 inches of small intestine and had clear margins. They also removed and biopsied 5 lymph nodes which were NED. Concern is how it grew to tumor size in the 2/3 months since the last scan. Head neck doc said it could have been sitting there dormant for years. Just one of those cancer cells we all have that opted to multiply.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Ed
Cool, so hopefully they got everything...when do they plan on doing additional scans or are they planning any additional treatment?
I tend to feel that more than likely it isn't related to any H&N disease from before...of course I'm no MD.
SCC is a soft tissue cancer, so I presume, that having it appear internally is not that uncommon.
Hopefully it was just a freak and with the scans you routinely have it was pickied up.
On that same token, if it weren't for the scan regime you are on, it could have very well not been detected so early.
Best,
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Hi Ed
I'm sorry to hear of this result. This has to be an unusual presentation. There is a poster who has been down the road of distant metastesis management. She posts as robinleigh. You might PM her as she's been good about sharing their experience.
best to you
Pat0
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