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I have been diagnosed with peritoneal carsanomatosis in the fall of 22. I had 8 chemo sessions and 14 hour surgery with Hipec . I did well with chemo and did not have many side effects until about a month after. Then I was stuck with extreme CIPN. I have been going to an Asian clinic for acupressure,acupuncture,and PT. The acupressure has taken the swelling from my legs and greatly helped the foot drop. Now, last visit at Mayo shows cancer has returned. They are watching it and check again in 5 months. My question is has anyone else been diagnosed with this type of cancer and how are you doing? Also do they do radiation on lymph nodes after so much chemo has been done. Any advice will be appreciated
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My situation is somewhat different, but I have some thoughts. Peritoneal carcinomatosis can develop from several different types of primary cancer, and the treatment depends on the primary cancer type. Mine is endometrial. Based on the fact that you had HIPEC, I'm guessing that yours is ovarian or primary peritoneal?
Are you currently on maintenance treatment of some sort? Is there a reason to expect your cancer to be slow growing? Have you declined further chemo? I ask because a doctor saying "Your cancer is back. See me in 5 months" seems strange, unless there's more to it. I went back on chemo as soon as it could be arranged (2 weeks).
To my knowledge, they use palliative radiation in these situations to shrink tumors that are causing symptoms because they're pressing against other organs. Otherwise I wouldn't expect them to use radiation.
When my cancer progresses, I'm planning to try to get into a clinical trial. If that might interest you, it might be worth mentioning it to your doctor ahead of time.
Best of luck.