I honestly wouldn't have thought of half of those questions but literally had my computer opened to this page when I was speaking to my dads nurse. Thanks!
He has stage 4 Cancer of the Cecum, which is under the blanket of Colon Cancer.
The word he didn't know was Omentum (abdominal lining) They Biopsied that and he has Cancer there as well. 7 out of 22 lymph nodes they checked also have cancer. They are going with FOLFIRI and Avastin for treatment. Every 2 weeks. Intent of treatment is not to cure, but to prolong and they do a CAT scam after 6 treatments to see how he is responding.
His doc left is taking a long weekend so I can't get the actual prognosis until Tuesday, but I pretty much see the writing on the walls.
I know stage 4 is bad news, but the whole "we're not doing treatment to cure, but instead to prolong" was a kick in the sac for sure.
Thanks again for all the help, questions, websites and advice!
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