My husband had endoscopy in mid-December, then scan, PET, and finally staging laparoscopy on 29/02. The surgeon said it’s operable, but needs chemo beforehand,
and referred him to an oncologist in another hospital.
Has anyone been in this situation, what’s the typical wait time before he is called for the treatment to start?
My brain can’t comprehend how both things the surgeon and the gastroenterologist said can be true at the same time:
1. It’s a very aggressive cancer, need full stomach removal, and we need the exact staging information to decide how to proceed
2. The wait will not invalidate the staging information, don’t worry that we are not starting your chemo straight away.
