Appendiceal cancer is not the same as colon cancer: Implications for chemotherapy

[@dorishaffer4055]

I was treated with CRS/HIPEC at Holden Comprehensive in Iowa City. Low-grade with”scatterings” of cytologic atypia. My PCI was 26, and 0 at the close of the operation. NED 3 months later. I’m hoping for the best. 🧡

[@pmprf]

So glad to hear you are NED - we're hoping for the best alongside you! 🧡

[@bb4me2]

I have a question for the doctor, My appendix ruptured and the doctors. Just put a drain in about ten days later to clean it out. They never operated yet, they were just draining all the buildup. I got operated on three months later september eighteenth that just passed. They sent that appendix off for testing and it came back with goblet's cell carcinoma. And then a month later they went and did anothey're dry and took out some tissues and some Lymph nodes. And now they want me to do chemotherapy. They say the cancer is stage two type three. Now I'm i'm dumb on this topic. But since they cleaned up all the tissue and lymph nodes and there was nothing there. But they found traces of cancer in the lymph node connectors what happens now? Do I have to do chemo?

[@pmprf]

Hey there, thanks for your question. We are a non-profit advocacy organization and are not staffed with clinicians, so we are unable to provide medical advice. We recommend asking your Healthcare team and also getting at least one other opinion from a doctor experienced in treating Appendix Cancer. You can use our Find a Specialist Tool to find someone near you: acpmp.org/patients/find-a-specialist/

[@AmazingJoyce0321]

I found out December 23rd, 2023 that I have stage 4 appendix cancer . I do chemotherapy every other week supposedly the rest of my life . I’m going to St. Louis this Wednesday August 21, 2024 to talk to a specialist about the hot chemo wash . I might be too old for it, I’m 71 years old . We’ll see ?!