Has anyone been in this situation? Pet scan looks like bowel cancer,how long after treatment (radiotherapy only) would they normal operation to remove the mass ? Any information gratefully received.
Sorry to read this Netti
I think the best reply you are likely to get is in the bowel cancer forum here
https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/bowel-colon-rectum-cancer-forum
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Thank you ! waiting on conolscopy/biopsy to see what stage, they wouldn't give him chemo it was ruled out for the throat cancer as he's a kidney transplant patient ,so I'm not sure it would be an tion ,stoma bag would be impossible to manage as he blind too
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