Can I ask what the chemo protocol for stage 3. Started on FOLIFOX in June this year, was told 6 months of chemo. Had a meeting with a different oncologist as my chemo has been delayed numerous times because of lwb count. He said I only needed another two infusions, at a reduced dose, as 3 months chemo is the recommended treatment course for this stage. Staging T1N1M0
Hi Annie123 . There was a trial a few years ago called the Scot trial that found 3 months chemo was virtually as effective as 6 months but with less side effects so this was introduced as the new standard treatment. The link below is a bit medical but sums it up at the end!
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(18)30093-7/fulltext
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