l am responding as a former colon cancer patient that had spread to the liver. l read the nurses post and felt it left some questions unanswered to my mind.. Before l go further l would stress each diagnosis is specific to that patient and as such your fathers consultant and MDT team would be the best source of precise information.
l am a ten year survivor, they blasted me initially with chemo and radiotherapy before operating on the liver metastases first followed by a second op the primary tumour in the bowel..In my case it was possible to remove the metastases on the liver as they were just far enough away from critical areas to allow this to happen, l had 60% removed, but this is not always possible in all cases. This was followed up by post op chemo to mop up anything left behind.
It is possible for some to recover from this, as always it depends on the level of progression when the patient presents to the medical team, In my case bowel cancer was diagnosed with inflamed lymph nodes close to the tumour, which subsequently tracked off and presented in the liver which was picked up some 5 months later on pre op tests for my planned bowel surgery.
l hope your father is fortunate with his treatment and has a positive outcome,
l am responding as a former colon cancer patient that had spread to the liver. l read the nurses post and felt it left some questions unanswered to my mind.. Before l go further l would stress each diagnosis is specific to that patient and as such your fathers consultant and MDT team would be the best source of precise information.
l am a ten year survivor, they blasted me initially with chemo and radiotherapy before operating on the liver metastases first followed by a second op the primary tumour in the bowel..In my case it was possible to remove the metastases on the liver as they were just far enough away from critical areas to allow this to happen, l had 60% removed, but this is not always possible in all cases. This was followed up by post op chemo to mop up anything left behind.
It is possible for some to recover from this, as always it depends on the level of progression when the patient presents to the medical team, In my case bowel cancer was diagnosed with inflamed lymph nodes close to the tumour, which subsequently tracked off and presented in the liver which was picked up some 5 months later on pre op tests for my planned bowel surgery.
l hope your father is fortunate with his treatment and has a positive outcome,
