Rectal cancer metastasized to lung

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  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #22
    renw said:

    God may know, but

    God may know, but Statistically with stage 4 you have 12-36 months. Your 5 year survival chance maybe 5%, but odds will be better with surgery, and as for a cure, that is close to zero. Without chemo reliable stats are harder to come by.

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  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy Member Posts: 1,019 Member
    #23
    renw said:

    God may know, but

    God may know, but Statistically with stage 4 you have 12-36 months. Your 5 year survival chance maybe 5%, but odds will be better with surgery, and as for a cure, that is close to zero. Without chemo reliable stats are harder to come by.

    Uncle Buddy

    is my brother. He is intellectually disabled. I have signed up for him so I can read him many of your stories of hope. I've seen the statistics where it says the 5 year survival rate is 6%, but my brother has already kicked cancer's butt when he had non-hodgkins lymphoma in 2000. People told us he wouldn't make it, but he did and he did will. Unfortunately, cancer decided to rear its ugly head with a whole new cancer in his rectum. He was diagnosed in 2011 after I kind of nagged him and dad enough that they switched to a new doctor that I recommended. His old internist had never given him a rectal exam and he was in his 40s, so I thought this was not a good enough exam since he had already had cancer. When he went to the new doctor, the rectal exam showed blood, so he sent him for a colonoscopy. Then the story began all over again. He had radiation and chemo to shrink the tumor, had the tumor removed (it was inthe rectum touching the beginning of the colon, had temp ileosotomy but had it reverse) and then did more chemo. All the scans came back fine until a couple of months ago. His CEA levels were SLIGHTLY elevate from a 3 to a 7. The doctor felt he should have a CT scan again and they found 5 tumors in both lungs, The tumors are very small, maybe the size of a pea. Then they decided to do an MRI of the liver and found a 3cm tumor on the liver. We have an onc appointment tomorrow to see what his options are. Next week they are doing a biopsy of the liver. He feels great and has no symptoms, other than a tickle that causes him to cough on occasion. The reason I asked this question is because I need to prepare myself for what is ahead of me. I'm not working so I can help my brother with his appointments. My husband has been a blessing being very understanding of this. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions. I will keep you up to date once I know what's going on.

    BTW, he was originally diagnosed with stage 2A rectal cancer in 2011. Now, since it metastasized to the lungs and liver, it's stage 4. 

    Lin

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