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Recurrent Anal Cancer
Diagnosed with Stage IIa Anal Cancer in 2022. Underwent standard Nigro protocol. Was NED for 9 months before cancer returned in same spot. Had APR...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Jun 5, 2024
Cryotherapy used in anal cancer?
Anyone have cryotherapy to kill an anal tumor? How about injections directly into the tumor?
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Jul 29, 2019
Worried this might be anal cancer
Have been having this pain around the left side of my anus its very painful mostly at night and feels hard,This pain as lasted for...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Apr 3 1:53am
Looking for Anal Cancer Support: Anyone else here with anal cancer?
Does the American Cancer Society have any chats or phone help with people who have actually had cancer? I only reach paid personnel who read...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 9, 2024
Fecal incontinence post rectal/anal cancer
Hello out there. I’m a 60 year old male who was diagnosed with squamous cell anal/rectal cancer 10/21/24. I went through two rounds of 5-FU/mitomycin...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Nov 3 8:31pm
Anyone else have Anal cancer?
Anyone out there that has had a mass of cancer in the lower part of the rectum and what was the outcome ? My husband...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: May 19, 2024
Anal/rectal & bowel spasms/cramps in anal cancer
Wow, that was one of the worst weeks for pain ever, & my treatment hasn't started yet. 4 days in bed with severe unrelieved abdominal...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Apr 15, 2023
Radiation + Chemo (Mitomycin-Fluorouracil) for anal cancer: Anyone?
I have been diagnosed with anal cancer and start treatment this weekend. I will have 6 weeks of radiation therapy, 5 days a week, plus...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: 5 hours ago
Anyone whose had experience with persistent anal cancer and Apr
I completed the Nigro protocol 18 months ago but my tumour never completely resolved 3 months ago it began growing again and fdg uptake went...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: 1 day ago
Stage IV ureter cancer in 2021, new diagnosis anal cancer
I had surgery, chemotherapy & radiation therapy in 2021 for ureter cancer. Now I’ve been diagnosed with anal cancer, with lymph node involvement. Does anyone...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Jun 20, 2023
Bowel issues after anal cancer treatment: Had the interstim procedure?
After anal cancer treatment (radiation and chemo) I am having trouble with my bowels. Going to the bathroom 3-4 times a day. Have had physical...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Oct 29 9:35am
Living with long-term bowel side effects post anal cancer treatment
I’m an anal cancer survivor (2014–2017) still struggling with severe bowel side effects years later. I’ve tried HBOT, biofeedback, and diet changes, but incontinence continues...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 24 3:10pm
How do you tell people about new diagnosis of anal cancer?
Just got diagnosed with anal cancer, found in colonoscopy. It is squamous cell with basaloid features. Meet with oncologist next Friday to learn treatment options....
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Jun 5, 2024
Had anal and colon cancer
At the moment I’m in a mess had anal cancer 7 weeks of radiotherapy 18 months later I got colon cancer ended up with a...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Apr 16, 2024
Anal itching with colon cancer?
Has anyone experienced anal itching after having surgery for colon cancer? Stage 4, here with metastasis to the liver in September 2020. Surgery in March...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Aug 3, 2023
Anal Pre-Cancer with HPV 16/18
In 2015 I had my first colonoscopy, by a local GI doctor, with removal and biopsy of rectal/anal polyps. Pathology returned with AIN III/HPV 16...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 18, 2022
Effects of Radiation on Anal and Vaginal tissue.
Receving Proton therapy for anal cancer has caused me to develop hemorrhoids and sore, raw places around the anus and just inside the vaginal wall.Aside...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Oct 27, 2023
Has anyone dealt with anal stenosis?
I recently completed treatment for anal cancer. The radiation has done so much damage. I’ve gone from one thing to another and now have anal...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 16 12:29pm
Discharged from being followed for cancer
Has anyone else been discharged from being followed for anal cancer? I was diagnosed 7 years ago and ended treatment a few months later -...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2024