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Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Dec 28, 2024 | Replies (13)
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Holy cow... no distant lymph nodes even? Surprised he's considered a stage 4 with only nodes near his solid esophageal tumor lighting up. Was esophagectomy considered? And zero immunotherapy? Tumor biology known? Where is his care... or I should say where was his care? Last treatment was last April... oh my! His oncologist not recommending anything further? Signet ring... which doesn't show up on scans very well? Still trying to solve the riddle of his back pain. But in 8 months, with no further treatments... more cancer should have been seen by now. This is outstanding.
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Oh boy I’ll answer what I know. Doctors said it was inoperable which I believe was due to lymph nodes. We are in Tampa. He was at St Joseph but is now with Florida Cancer Specialists. He just doesn’t want more treatments because it was really hard on him (he’s 66). He has a stent because of the mass. Game changer. I think he felt his diagnosis was a death sentence because he was told he was in palliative care because it was not curable . He was sick of being sick from the treatments and from what we were told it wouldn’t have made much of a difference long term. New doctor said he could try chemo at a lower dose but hubby not interested.