Can anyone advise me if they have been in same position. I had bowel cancer with 2 tumours in liver. Stage 3. All was taken out in surgery last year - 148 lymph nodes clear then i started the belts and braces chemo of oxyplatine and capecetimine bills for six months. Under 11 months post chemo a 16mm lesion has appeared on my liver. Petscan reveals nothing anywhere else. I have both a private surgeon and nhs . The private surgeon recommends ablation and chemo x 3 months. NHS want to just go with chemo - and after 2 months scan me again. My big concern/confusion is why would they not want to ablate either it hasn't really been explained to me clearly and the cynic in me thinks it boils down to money. The key thing is the tumour is small enough only over next 3 weeks to be ablated so i have a small window to make my mind up. I can start chemo next week and hope it kills off current lesion and of course any pending cells. But was going to do chemo anyway after ablation at least that way forward i know that particular lesion has been targetted and killed pre chemo. Any advise for anyone who has had this dilemma vey welcome.
