Hello guys,
This forum has been a good way to get information, get hope and meet other survivors.
Last week I had my first follow-up appointment with my oncologist after chemotherapy. I had my blood work and my abdomen/pelvis/chest CT Scan (since my insurance didn't approved a PET Scan). I never got a true stage because with what I read I should have been stage IIC seminoma, my doctor said 3A, but at my documents it was 3B (weird).
Blood work: Before starting chemo I had my LDH at 650, now 5 weeks after chemo it is 210 (within the range of 220). Other markes never been escalated.
CT Scan of my lymph nodes: I had 3 enlarged lymph nodes - a) 3.7 x 3.7cm which now is 1.1 x 1.5 cm - b) 2.5 x 2.8cm which now is 1.2 x 0.6cm - c) 5 x 6 cm which now is 2.4 x 0.8cm
I was looking at the images of the CT Scan and even the 2.4 x 0.8cm lymph node was just some small dots and it looked like they were trying to measure it. This was also the opinion of my oncologist, who said that it looks like they were just trying to give an estimate of it. What my doctor told was that probably what is left are just scares or concrete, so I did good during my chemo. Even with guidelines everything under 3cm with seminomas goes under surveillance.
Giving this details, I have some questions that I need some opinion from others:
1) Is the follow-up schedule after 6 months good with seminomas?
2) What are the chances that those nodes more than 1cm could still be cancer?
Thank you guys!
This forum has been a good way to get information, get hope and meet other survivors.
Last week I had my first follow-up appointment with my oncologist after chemotherapy. I had my blood work and my abdomen/pelvis/chest CT Scan (since my insurance didn't approved a PET Scan). I never got a true stage because with what I read I should have been stage IIC seminoma, my doctor said 3A, but at my documents it was 3B (weird).
Blood work: Before starting chemo I had my LDH at 650, now 5 weeks after chemo it is 210 (within the range of 220). Other markes never been escalated.
CT Scan of my lymph nodes: I had 3 enlarged lymph nodes - a) 3.7 x 3.7cm which now is 1.1 x 1.5 cm - b) 2.5 x 2.8cm which now is 1.2 x 0.6cm - c) 5 x 6 cm which now is 2.4 x 0.8cm
I was looking at the images of the CT Scan and even the 2.4 x 0.8cm lymph node was just some small dots and it looked like they were trying to measure it. This was also the opinion of my oncologist, who said that it looks like they were just trying to give an estimate of it. What my doctor told was that probably what is left are just scares or concrete, so I did good during my chemo. Even with guidelines everything under 3cm with seminomas goes under surveillance.
Giving this details, I have some questions that I need some opinion from others:
1) Is the follow-up schedule after 6 months good with seminomas?
2) What are the chances that those nodes more than 1cm could still be cancer?
Thank you guys!
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