OP  "OCF Canuck, across the pond" Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 153 | Hi Cheryl,
That's a fair question. I figure, if I have SCC throughout the pleural lining all around my left lung, then what's the rush in surgically removing one tiny nodule of SCC in my colon? Remember, it's not 'colon cancer' so any SOP likely doesn't apply. So in a sense, yes, I figure they didn't want to delay my start of the trial by doing a surgery, or perhaps they just don't see any advantage to performing a surgery at this time (which I think is more likely the reality).
-Seth
47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.
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