Hi so on the 3rd November my husband had a biopsy on he's tumor and a month later he's colorectal nurse emailed us to say that there were no mutations and he doesn't have lynch syndrome so our children won't need early screenings in later life so we thought oh brilliant this is good news anyway today we had a phone call appointment with the oncologist who said to us that the histology report was back and that unfortunately the cancer is lynch and our children will need need be screened and my husband will have to attend a specialist clinic, we told the oncologist that the colorectal nurse had told us in December that it wasn't lynch and the oncologist basically said well it is and I have the report infront of me so we don't have a clue where the colorectal nurse got her information from or if there has been some sort of mix up with results but this is quite frustrating and annoying not knowing if the kids will need to be screened earlier or not.
Hi Hayleyc89
That is very confusing . Maybe you could ask to see the report just to make sure .
There is a lynch association that one of our previous members is involved in and it might be good for you to link in with them to get the information you need for your family if required .
Certainly for your husband it opens up access to Immunotherapy treatments if ever required but I completely understand your concern for your children .
How is your husbands treatment going ?
Court
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Thank you court. I'm not too sure how to navigate the site yet to find things lol.
I have asked for a copy of the report.
Treatment is going well he's handling it really well he suffers a few days after he's pump is removed but then he comes round.
I keep seeing people mentioning tumor markers so I asked the oncologist today what they mean she didn't exactly explain it to me but said my husbands is 1.6 and it as remained this from the start of the chemo he's got he's 4th round tomorrow then hopefully 2 more rounds and depending on the ct scan results hopefully he will have he's surgery if not more chemo but I was just wondering if maybe you could shine some light on the tumor markers please its all very alien to me xx
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/targeted-therapies-for-bowel-cancer
This is Macmillan’s explanation . It’s a different type of treatment and one your husband probably won’t need as surgery would eliminate the need for it but always good to know .
Court
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https://www.ohs.uk/conditions/cea-test/
This is the NHS s guide to CEA . It’s basically a protein that they can measure to get a rough guide on how treatment is going . It should hopefully go down . But 1.6 is very low . There is a group of patients and the CEA does not rise so they can’t use it to record . It’s absolutely fine if that is the case as they only use the scans to make decisions from anyway . My mum’s has always been on the low side .
take care ,
Court
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