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Rectal Cancer - Hospital Recommendation

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Apr 7 7:26am | Replies (48)
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@mrt2024

Thank you for the wishes!

We will definitely ask for all options and get a second opinion if we can make an appointment from the first place recommended by the surgeon. We called again the oncologist office today, but we were not able to make an appointment. They still have some systems issues ( it's been 4 or more days) and doing everything manually.

It is rectal cancer so I am not sure if the surgery is an option before radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

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verol65 | @verol65 | Mar 12 1:02pm

I had a transanal resection when we thought the polyp I had was pre-cancerous. The post op biopsy revealed positive margins (rectal cancer). My surgeon at the time and the oncologist said no new surgery because of closeness to the sphincter and because at eyesight there is nothing left to see. So I had radiotherapy.
8 months after the RT, when looking for a second opinion on how to fix the rectovaginal fistula it had provoked, my current surgeon was a different opinion. He said they should have operated again and taken a wait and see attitude in relation to radiotherapy. A third oncologist who is also a surgeon was of the same opinion.
So, @mrt2024 , if you can take a second opinion, do so before taking a final decision about your treatment.

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