Hi, my mum is 75 and has been told she has a 5cm tumor in her oesophagus. She's had a pet and ct scan and they're doing a biopsy for 1 lympnode to see if it's infected. She is a stong woman for her age. Doctor said no surgery available if node comes back positive. Just wondering why? They told her it was a small tumor and early days but if spread to lymphnode it could be stage 3. Please if anyone has been in this situation. Thankyou
I was diagnosed with OC in March of this year. Staged as T3N1M0 and I have been operated on successfully in September. I have just started my second set of chemo.
The problem of no operation possible I find difficult to understand. I know we are all different, age and other medical conditions could be part of it.
I feel your best way forward would be to talk with mums cancer nurses for a better explanation of the decisions that have been made.
Geo, glad to hear your operation was successful and you're on the right road. Keep positive and stay strong. Its just a big shock for us all and I'm trying to make sense of it all. Thank you for your reply, I need to hear some positives to get me through
Hi lowedal, yes her results came back with no cancer in the lymphnodes which is great. Although the pet scan lit up lightly on nodes around her stomach but they couldn't do a biopsy down that far so they're giving it the benefit of the doubt and hoping it wont present anything. She was given 2 options chemo/radio or surgery and low dose of chemo before and after. She chose chemo/ radio as shes afraid of the complications with the major surgery. The oncologist says either option is as successful as hers is squamous cell and chemo/ radio responds very well to this. Her chemo will start next week and it's one day for 7 hrs every 3 weeks along with a chemo tablet twice a day to take at home the whole 12 weeks. They've told her she won't lose her hair so that's a positive. It'll be a long journey. This is all new to our family. No mention of staging either. Thankyou for enquiring about her
