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Colorectal Cancer Support Group

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Anal cancer treatment.
The cancer is close to the anus. Why can't an injection be given since it is reachable???
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 7, 2019
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 2:50pm
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: Nov 4 5:38pm
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
Looking for Anal Cancer Support
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 8:25pm
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 6:00pm
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
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
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 2:53pm
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 5:24pm
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: May 8, 2023
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 11:19am
Oxiplatin-induced neuropathy: Nerve conduction studies
I was diagnosed with anal cancer in Oct 2020 stage 2/3 . In Feb 2021 l had major surgery to remove tumour plus resection with...
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: May 28 2:30pm
Anal fissures after bowel resection. Relief strategies?
I have been diagnosed with anal fissures after a lower bowel resection for a cancerous tumor. It’s very painful and I’m looking for advice for...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: May 22 1:50pm
Cancer Recurrence: Everything removed, but can it come back?
First I had colon rectal cancer - squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal - with tumor removal and then radiation and chemo. Thirteen years...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: May 7, 2021
Accuracy of cancer polyp position
I had my first colonoscopy a few months. A surgeon took biopsy of three polyps during the colonoscopy. The pathology results stated one of them...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Sep 7, 2023
Anyone have Surgery success with tumor at the internal sphincter ?
Was curious if anyone has had any success in surgery that is near the internal sphincter? Recently diagnosed with stage 1 rectal cancer that is...
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Last active: Oct 12, 2023