Hi does anyone know of a five year survival after receiving flot chemo for oesophagus cancer stage 3? My husband is 6months post surgery and currently no detectable signs of cancer.
I had stomach cancer which follows the same treatment, I had my stomach removed and FLOT before and after surgery diagnosed in August 2018 aged 46.
ive tried to stay away from statistics as I know they never look good and frankly it scares me. My oncologist said he'd seen it return in days/weeks/months and years but it also may never return, it feels like a lottery.
on a positive note I attended my first support group a week ago, most of the people there were elderly and years past surgery, one 12 years ago, obviously they wouldn't have had FLOT which has had great results yet they're still here and living full lives, it was very uplifting.
Hi just to update everyone. Sadly my husband passed away just 2 and a bit years after diagnosis of stage 3 oesophagus cancer. Due to the pandemic the follow up care after the chemo finished was sadly lacking. Consisting of telephone calls. The tests when they happened came too late for even palliative chemo. He passed 4 weeks after being told he was terminal.
Hi just to update everyone. Sadly my husband passed away just 2 and a bit years after diagnosis of stage 3 oesophagus cancer. Due to the pandemic the follow up care after the chemo finished was sadly lacking. Consisting of telephone calls. The tests when they happened came too late for even palliative chemo. He passed 4 weeks after being told he was terminal.
