A little bit more information from the colorectal team

Hi Takayasu, I know things might have changed greatly since my APR  for rectal cancer in 2004. After surgery would show how many lymph nodes had been affected. I had one affected lymph node so needed the belt and braces chemo. I would have thought that all other staging would have been done prior to surgery?

Best wishes

Good afternoon all,

they will not know the staging until they remove the tumour. 
stage 1 and 2 - no lymph nodes involved. The more the tumour has grown into the layers of the colon the higher the stage.

stage 3 - some lymph nodes involved

stage 4 - the cancer has spread outside of the colon to nearby organs. Usually the lung or liver. 

The waiting for results is the worst part of cancer.

good luck - I am hoping it is stage 1 or 2 for you.

paula xxx

Hope the radiologist is able to report your scan so it can be taken to the MDT meeting . 
Sounds an efficient team .

Hope your keeping ok .

Court 

I’ve been discharged and thankfully it looks like the radiologist has reported . The discharge letter says no metatestes which I take to mean no spread to other organs ? The letter also describes the histology of the polyp removed as moderately differentiated.So fingers crossed I  on today’s list at the MDT meeting 

Yes I thought he might know more than was saying to be honest , my discharge letter from my admission does give a bit more of a clue in that it says histology of Polyp is moderately differentiated.... then goes on to say high dysplasia and low , When I queried staging he said we don’t tend to use that method here 

Well that sounds moderately optimistic? I hope you get some positive news soon with a plan of action. It's the hanging round waiting isn't it? Hope you can get it to the back of your mind in these difficult times. Best wishes