Change in Treatment

Annie76
Annie76 Member Posts: 3
in Esophageal Cancer #1

My husband was recently diagnosed with gastro-esphageal cancer.  He was to begin a combination of chemo-radiation next week.  After his radiation simulation and Pet Scan the radiologist determined that the lymph nodes were too large to begin radiation at this time. He will start with chemotherapy only at this time.  This is concerning to us.  Has anyone else experienced this change to their treatment?  What should we expect?

 

Annie76 

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  • LorettaMarshall
    LorettaMarshall Member Posts: 662 Member
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    Annie~Chemo/Radiation/Surgery most prescribed 4best outcome

    Dear Annie:

    Sometimes the shortest posts gets the longest answer.  You will not be able to absorb all that I’ve written, but it’s all important.  I haven’t even “absorbed” all of it myself, but I have it all “saved” in my WORD file.  So see my separate topic forum to read more about the treatment of Esophageal Cancer here:  https://csn.cancer.org/node/311738

    You can continue to ask questions on your original posting, but my answer was so long, I decided to put it on a separate line.  Moreover, you won’t be the last one, sorry to say, that will need to know the information that is provided.  And believe me, it’s a collection of years of reading about EC.  When my husband was first diagnosed, I didn’t even know how to spell Esophageal, and I certainly had never heard of Esophageal Cancer.  I’m constantly learning, and I try to tell “newbies” everything in one letter that it took me 14 yrs. to discover. Smile

    May God bless you and guide you in finding the very best medical team.  And may you enjoy complete success going forward.

    Loretta Marshall (Wife of William who was DX in November of 2002)  Tri-modal treatment- (Pre-op Chemo 5-FU/Carboplatin—25 Radiation Treatments—then MIE Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. on Saturday, May 17, 2003.)  Last checkup August 31, 2017 results-- “NED” No evidence of Disease-Thank the Lord!

     P.S.  Sorry I couldn't send you a private e-mail because you didn't elect to use that system.  So I'll continue to use this forum to converse with you.

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