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Colorectal cancer stage 1 with positive margin

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Jan 20, 2024 | Replies (31)
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@rjjacobsen

I had stage 3C colon cancer. In my case, they took out the entire colon and 108 lymph nodes, a bunch of which tested malignant. While the surgery team thought they got it all, the oncology team recommended CT scans of the chest and abdomen then strongly recommended chemo.

My point here is that in my case (yours will be different) they didn't know about the involvement of the lymph nodes until the post-surgery analysis of them.

Since your situation is different than mine, I think you may want to ask the oncology people regarding what they think about the surgeon's opinion and any ongoing need of surveillance scans. And yes, I'd get a consult with a gastroenterologist as well.

Hope this helps. All the best.

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sos2000 | @sos2000 | Oct 10, 2023

Thank you for sharing.
All my testing, imaging were clear including CEA in August.
I strongly felt when the first surgeon performed the first colonoscopy, he didn’t mark the cancerous polyp spot then tried to mark it in the second colonoscopy but he changed the location 4 inches farther up. That made me think when he’s not even clear where the spot is how can he remove part of my colon. So I opted out the surgery. But now I’m having a stomach issue so I’ll go ahead and see a gastroenterologist and may have a surgery.

Thank you and praying for you.

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