March 2023, diagnosed with early-stage Bowel cancer, aged 47, from a private healthcare check at work, no symptoms resolved by surgery, no need for chemo. MRI detected lesions on the liver, so I needed chemo, then a liver resection. Clear for 18 months...
Hi all I am so distressed, they say there are too many spots on my liver to operate, this was a bowel cancer they found 2 weeks ago in a colonoscopy and the MRI has found the liver one. they say I can have one course of chemo and baby will come early...
Hi I’m new to this group and am looking to hear more about other's experiences. I surgery for bowel cancer last year (January) and they found a tumour on my liver at my recent CT scan that was part of my annual review. So far the only appointment I’ve...
Hi It's been a while since I last posted. Bowel and secondary liver cancer 23/24 made it back to work, cancer-free, after chemo and two lots of surgery, but at 18 months, clear on surveillance scan, found lesions on liver. So, back to Chemo, which...
The 3 month scan of my liver after colon tumour removal has shown a lesion that is more than likely to be cancer. I am having a biopsy on 29th September to determine if it has come from the colon or if it is a new cancer and then they will decide treatment...
Anyone know about this treatment please any advise anyone had this treatment.
Has anyone here ever reached out to get a second surgical opinion and has been successful? My mum has bowel cancer with spread to the liver. She’s been generally stable since starting chemo. However she has now been on chemo since July 2024 and it is...
hi everyone I'm very worried right now, I had a massive operation on 10th April 2025 and within a week they realised I had secondary liver cancer which had previously gone unnoticed. My surgeon and oncologist wrote to Guilford cancer unit 5 weeks ago...
My partner has mets to her liver and we are considering funding TACE privately. I also see that numerous people have gone abroad for this - in particular Germany. Just wondered if anyone has any experience of TACE in UK or abroad. How long did it...
We have had confirmation today from MRI results that my Mum has Stage 4 Colorectal cancer with liver metastases. The cancer in the liver is spread over both halves of the liver. Presently it appears not to have spread beyond the liver. The MDT meeting...
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