Secondary Liver Cancer

Hi MRLIVER and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

I'm sorry to read that you're recently discovered that your melanoma has spread to your liver but it'd good that they've sorted out a treatment plan for you quickly.

I haven't been in the same situation as you although I was diagnosed with melanoma 6 years ago. I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you also join and post in the melanoma group, as you'll find others there who are being treated for melanoma which has spread.

To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here, and join in with existing conversations by clicking on reply.

It would be great if you could pop something about your diagnosis and treatment so far into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.

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I have a different primary cancer (triple negative breast cancer) and was identified as having a probable solitary liver metastasis last year. Due to it being small, I went through an ablation process to try to remove it. The argument about recovery time was also made to me with respect to surgery. Ablation involved a general anaesthetic but was done through a probe. Bruising and pain but recovery was a week or so. Unfortunately in my case the ablation hasn’t fully cleared it out and I now have 2 liver tumours, 1 in the ablation site and 1 elsewhere. I am currently waiting for results of scans to decide whether they will re-ablate, or whether it’s immunotherapy plus more chemo. 

Codfish I’m so sorry to hear of your situation I really am. My husband has secondary liver mets and I’m desperately trying to see if any treatments are successful. I do hope you are feeling an improvement at least. How are you now. 

Much love,

Louli xx

Unfortunately the scans show the original secondary (the one that was ablated) has regrown to fill the ablation site, and I have a second tumour on my liver. So I can’t have more ablation, next step is immunotherapy and chemo. I start in 3 weeks or so. I hope your husband has better news. 

I’m so sorry to hear this, I send you love ️ and strength for your next phase. 

I have a secondary on my liver and now have to stop my dual immunotherapy treatments (1 session) as it gave me severe colitis, I’ve been in hospital a week nearly trying to pull that back. 

Once the colitis is under control (3 to 4 weeks) another treatment can be considered for my secondary. Meanwhile cancer treatment is suspended ️

Hi MRLIVER 

One of our members on the bowel forum had to stop their immunotherapy as developed very painful colitis. The family were pretty sad to be truthful only to discover months down the line it had triggered a good response . Hope they can turn this around quickly for you . It sounds very sore .

Court 

Sorry to hear that and hope you can get it under control and find an effective treatment you can tolerate. 

I was just re-reading your post, and am a bit confused. I had secondary bowel cancer to the liver, and was told a resection was the best option. That was September 2022. I’ve since been told I have a further spread and that chemo is my only real option right now, with another resection further down the line. I don’t understand why some consultants or oncologists have this opinion! I start oxaliplatin infusions and capecitabine tablets next week. I’m fit and well apart from the cancer. I too will have 4 infusions then re-scan in three months. Fingers crossed for us both.