Hi there, wondering if anyone can give me a bit more info. So I am nearing the end of cycle 5 of 6 of carboplatin / Paclitaxol for SCC anal cancer with lymph node involvement. From my previous posts people may remember that they never actually found a primary tumour just activity in my colorectal area so thats what they are treating it as. At my half way scan a couple of months ago things were looking good , no cancer remaining in any of the lymph nodes including the ones in my neck which he oncologist said was good news . The original site of activity had also significantly reduced. He said the plan was to continue on to the end of the 6 cycles and then maybe do some consolidation with either 2 weeks of radiotherapy to pelvic area or 5.5 weeks of chemo radiotherapy , this had not been mentioned before, and when I asked him the reason he said it would maybe prolong the amount of time of recurrence - or not . He said that some people went through the grueling treatment and it came back anyway and others didnt have it and were still clear. He seemed to imply that it would be my choice , did other people have a choice or were they strongly recommended to go for it . I know it will also depend on the results of the scan that I have at the end of the six cycles as well, I said I would definitely throw everything at this thing but he said it wasn’t always the right thing . Did anyone have other advice / recommendations from their oncologist at this stage in this long old journey ? Any thoughts welcome . Thank you xx
