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Rectal Cancer - Hospital Recommendation

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

My surgeon went to the tumor board at MUSC in Charleston with my case.I had T3N2 (stage 3) colorectal tumor with lymph node involvement.
Everyone agreed my tumor wouldn’t shrink to nothing no matter how much radiation and chemo. So prior to surgery I had just enough radiation to shrink the tumor and make the margins easier. She removed 26 lymph nodes - 16 were cancerous. That’s why after the surgery the chemotherapy with FOLFOX was recommended.
Maybe someone with earlier stage cancer and a smaller tumor would benefit from neoadjunct therapy. I did not.

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mrt2024 | @mrt2024 | Apr 6 5:32pm

My father's is T3dN2 rectal tumor, stage 3. On the report it says 4 or more suspicious regional lymph nodes. We have never asked, and we were never told how much the tumor will shrink, if we go with chemo first, or go with the other options. It seems this is going to be my first question once we meet the oncologist again.

Thank you.

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