charles-woodman
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I too had a 6cm tumor in my right lobe, wrapped around the IVC. I was told I was stage IIIB and inoperable. However, I talked my surgeon into recommending me for a liver transplant. He sent me to Mt Sinai Hospital and Dr. Suku Emre who said a resection was doable and preferable to a transplant. The tumor simply had not invaded the IVC so it simply pulled away when Dr. Emre cut it. That was June 2007.
I had an excellent year of health until July 2008 when scans showed the CC had returned in the liver and lymph glands. I am now at Mass General Hospital in Boston getting a chemotherapy regimen of Oxcalliplatin and Gemzar. I am advised that the best hope is a 40% chance of slowing the growth.
Thanks for sharing your stories. It is helpful to know we are not alone.
P.S. Dr. Emre is now the head of the Transplant Unit at Yale University Hospital.
Andym
I had cholangiocarcinoma of the liver; a primary tumor; resected. Doctors told me I was cancer free. But the option for chemo is one I have to make now. My thinking was similar to what I just read from you. “If the cancer comes back, would I blame myself?” Thanks for putting it into words.
Charlie
