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Other options available for Stage 4 Colon Cancer?
Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Oct 9 1:34pm | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
Hi @stayfaithful, I see you got many responses to your questions about options for stage IV colorectal cancer. I'm so glad you asked. Have you discussed Lonsurf with your team? Or Lonsurf + Avastin as @isadora2021 mentioned. Are you a candidate for immunotherapy?
How are you doing?
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Yes I am starting Lonsurf and Avastin but I have come to see it as a tool that buys me more time to find a more sustainable (or curative) option. Unfortunately I am told I am not a candidate for typical hypnotherapy. (I am microsatalite stable)
As it stands, I am pursuing 2 other options:
1. The HAI pump idea that someone suggested. Although I had an oncologist tell me that since I had disease progression while on 5-FU that I probably wouldn't see great results with the pump because that's the drug they put inside it. That doesn't make sense to me because the pump should be around 400 times more powerful and directed... so I'd appreciate anyone's insights on that.
2. Clinical trial version of immunotherapy for people with NRAS mutation. But this seems extraordinarily difficult to search for since reading these clinical trials is like deciphering ancient greek. If this helps anyone else, I've been using these websites to search clinical trials: https://clinicaltrials.gov and https://www.mycancergenome.org
Lastly, thanks everyone for your responses and thanks Colleen for checking in. I appreciate the support and insights of this community. I will never stop fighting the good fight, no matter the odds. May God bless you all.
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I was on Lonsurf for about 2 months. Very bad side effects and didn't kill the cancer cells.