Chemo again...starting next Wed.

alta29
alta29 Member Posts: 435 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Well...talked to my onco today..we will start chemo again for my recurrance . Tried to get an appt at MD with no luck..it will take another 4 weeks before they can see me, I if I start treatments, then they wont see me at all...don't think i can wait that long. This time they will give me campstar and avastin....no more oxiplatin...the DX was Metastatic moderately differentiated colorectal adenocarcicoma...what I kind of dont like is that to me it really doesn't sound like they are 100 % sure...What do you think about this quote? " The immunophenotypic findings( biopsy) provide strong evidence to support the interpretation of metastatic adenocarcicoma".....is the word "strong" enough to decide that is cancer ?what do you think ???
Thanks and God bless

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  • shmurciakova
    shmurciakova Member Posts: 906 Member
    #2
    I would think that having done a biopsy they would be able to tell that it is cancer. Perhaps that is just the wording they use in the pathology reports. I would ask your doctor if he/she thinks it would be OK to wait 4 weeks for a second opinion. On the other hand, would they do the same treatment at MD anyway? How were these mets found, they were in the lymph nodes, correct? Were they seen on a CT scan or could you feel them, or what?
    Just curious..
    Also, at least when I had 2 lung mets the wording was exactly the same "moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma".
    If you do not feel comfortable then I would find out if it is OK to wait for the second opinion.
    Take care,
    Susan.
  • AuthorUnknown
    AuthorUnknown Member Posts: 1,537 Member
    #3
    I have an experience reading numerous pathology reports (biopsy is being one of them) and discussing them with doctors. They have never been conclusive. They are only "suggestive". A pathologist is usually playing more or less guessing game. They are looking at a very small sample under a microscope. They can never be 100% sure from biopsy.

    Even the whole mass was analyzed by the pathology clinic twice and they could not conclude with 100% certainty whether that mass was benign or malignant.

    So, I would not pay attention to these words and proceed with the treatment.

    Best wishes for your treatment.
  • jerseysue
    jerseysue Member Posts: 624 Member
    #4
    It sure does sound like the beast to me. Sorry to hear that. Sounds like round 2 for lots of us! Much luck to you.
  • Limey
    Limey Member Posts: 446 Member
    #5
    Hang tough Alta. i am interested in what you find on the Vit C IV. I will check aroung also. as mentioned your not alone.
    don;t let the beast get ya down
    Mark.
  • vinny3
    vinny3 Member Posts: 928 Member
    #6
    It is cancer. They may word it like that but that is a pretty definite sounding opinion. It is definitely cancer. I think they word it that way because they do the biopsy in a place outside the colon so they are only going by the cell characteristics.

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