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Yesterday, 05:17 PM

DARDEVIL replied to a thread the nightmare comes true: relapse. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

I just came back today after some rest to forget a little bit what happened to me, to us. I don t feel good to be honest. We came here at the same...

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Yesterday, 04:00 PM

DARDEVIL replied to a thread Surveillance, Chemo, or Lymph Node Dissection. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

Hi I understood you had LVI, right ? Basically you should have the choice between preventive chemo or surveillance. Rplnd is not a concern from my...

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05-10-13, 05:17 PM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread the nightmare comes true: relapse. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

Well, a para aortic node of 1,7 cm on the same side of the cancerous testicle, is cancer in my opinion, because of the position and size. What really...

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05-10-13, 10:30 AM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread Non-seminoma treatment options after orchiectomy in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

If he is stage 1, actually the cure rate is around 98% for non-seminoma. If markers won't decrease to a normal range, there's not a "without...

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05-09-13, 02:45 PM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread the nightmare comes true: relapse. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

CT scan scheduled for the 24th and then I'll see the radiotherapist on the 27th. She hopes that the node is not cancerous and that was my intestine,...

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05-08-13, 09:23 AM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread Damm relapse in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

It does, thanks a lot ! By the way, have you discussed with your doc about radiation ? It's usually the 1st choice per international guidelines...

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05-08-13, 06:01 AM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread Damm relapse in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

Hello, same happened to me, I relapsed with seminoma on my 2 years mark... in my case they want to repeat the CT scan after 8 weeks (24th of this...

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05-07-13, 12:28 PM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread the nightmare comes true: relapse. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

Anxiety fortunately is ok. Still nervous for this waiting game though, and I can't make programs for my summer because I don't know what is going on....

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04-30-13, 12:47 PM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread Lymph node question in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

At this point I'll wait the next CT scan, if there'll be an increase in size (which will confirm it's cancer) but the PET will remain negative, I'll...

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04-30-13, 10:43 AM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread Lymph node question in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

He said the same to me because "it's a relapse for sure", but once I told him it was negative he wasn't that sure anymore and told me to recheck the...

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04-30-13, 08:37 AM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread Lymph node question in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

Same for me: I had a para aortic node of 1,7 cm at the last TC scan with contrast, they were 100% sure it was a relapse but at this point I have to...

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04-30-13, 06:21 AM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread the nightmare comes true: relapse. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

a new CT scan in 20-25 days (2 months from the previous)

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04-24-13, 02:24 PM

Nut of Mordor replied to a thread the nightmare comes true: relapse. in Treatment After the Orchiectomy: Radiation, Chemotherapy, RPLND, Surveillance

2nd read of the slides confirms the pure seminoma diagnosis. Am I wrong or teratoma metastasis are very rare in case of pure seminoma in the...

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