lindylou

Hi Marion

I know that since last August the liver consultant has been monitoring his ca19-9 levels and dad has had numerous CT/MRI scans. The CT scan in February showed something. Dad had a CT scan again the beginning of June and it showed that it had grown 1cm from February.

Silly question but I’m wondering – Are consultants up to date on today’s treatment as in Cyberknife/Novalis TX?

Lyn

Hi Lainy/PCL1029

Many thanks for your replies. We have been told that dad’s tumour is 3cm and has been growing 1cm every 4 mths and that it is only in the one place at the moment (fingers crossed that it stays in the one place). We haven’t been told by the consultant what type of CC he has but he has an appointment in 2 weeks to go back and see him so that’s one of the questions that I will be asking. Dad is 73 and he says that all the mentioned side affects have put him off chemotherapy and also what the oncologist said about getting another stroke. To look at him, you wouldn’t think that there is anything wrong with him (quite a few people have told him that including the consultant and oncologist).

Dad is under a hospital in Liverpool UK. They have called this cancer a reoccurance as he had bile duct cancer 5 yrs ago and had the whipples operation which was a success. They have also told him that they can’t operate on this cancer because it’s supposed to be too close to the aorta. I can’t help think that it’s because of his age!!

The consultant/oncologist said that radiotherapy wouldn’t work on this type of cancer but I’m going to have a fight on my hands for Novalis TX machine.

Fingers crossed!!

Lyn