My husband is 73 and really fit. He has recently had surgery for stage 3 colon cancer and had it removed without any need for a colostomy bag. He had 21 lymph nodes removed and the first lymph node had cancer cells but the others were clear. T3N1.
Apparently he is missing a Miss Match Repair gene which is the cause of his cancer, isolated to the bowel.
The oncologist is telling us that he has a 70% of the cancer NOT returning but if he has 4 rounds of chemo oxaliplatin and capecitabine this will increase to 80%. My husband has recovered really well from the surgery and is feeling good. He is not sure that the possible long term side effects are worth the 10% benefit. He is very stoic and is not worried about short term sickness .
i think we were both expecting to get a better protection from the chemo. I really don’t know what to think.
Is immunotherapy a treatment at this point? Is it less toxic?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
LindaLou
