Reply With QuoteI'm not sure on the answer to you question, but I'm thrilled at the news of the all clear!
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he had a CT scan which shows lots of scar tissue and 1 nodule in the lungs which the doc is keeping an eye on.. next x ray is the 29th nov! apart from that, its all clear! HCG still below 1 and all tumors are gone in his brain :-) does anyone know what way this works now? will he just go for his appointments and be told all clear? or will he always be told they are not sure and are keeping an eye on things... ! x
March 2011- Husband, Stephen diagnosed with advanced germ cell cancer (100% chriocarcinoma), started 7cm in ab, spots in lungs and in the brain. HCG over 200,000
March 2011- June 2011- 5x BEP = HCG 3
July 2011- 19 of high dose whole brain radiation=HCG <1
Sept- MRI shows all tumors from the brain have gone
Relapse early jan 2012 - hcg 69
feb 2012- hcg over 100
Right I/O
Hcg going up and down 450
Started 4x TIP , hcg dropped to normal in first week
October RNPLD NO CANCER FOUND
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I'm not sure on the answer to you question, but I'm thrilled at the news of the all clear!
Nick
Embryonal Carcinoma; Seminoma. Marker negative.
August 2001: Right I/O .
August - December 2001: Surveillance .
December 2001: Relapse - Stage III. Mets in lymph nodes and lung.
December 2001 - March 2002: 3xBEP .
Complications: Neutropaenic sepsis during cycles 1 & 3. I/V antibiotics and isolation.
March 2012 - Ten years since finishing chemo.
Survivorship Blog is here
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I would assume he will be on the same surveillence schedule that a lot of the guys are on and hopefully each one comes back all clearNot sure at what point he would be considered "cured". I think with a lot of cancers it is 5 years or so with no relapse.
Tina, wife to Gene
Right I/O 2/21/11
60% embryonal carcinoma- 40% seminoma with L/V invasion, Stage 1B, Cat Scan- clear
HCG- 1.2, AFP-1.5, LDH-normal
BEP X 2 started 3-7-11
Bleo canceled for 2nd round, lung issues
EP 3-28-11 X 5 days, finished chemo 4-1-11
F/U cat scan 4/14/11 - Stable
3rd round EP as precaution because Bleo was cancelled, start 4-25, finished chemo 4-29-11, pneumonia 5-6-11
6-1-11, 8-3-11, 9-7-11, 10-19-11, 11-16-11, 12-18-11, 1-18-12, 5-8-12 Clear
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Echoing MrsB, I believe after 5 years of cancer free his chances of relapse are greatly reduced. But he should be regularly checked from here on out so you can keep getting that wonder "All clear!" news!
So happy for you and your husband, congratulations
9/27/11 - Mass detected
9/30/11 - Met with Dr., tumor confirmed on ultrasound
10/3/11 - CT scan came back negative for spread; bHCG 22
10/4/11 - Left I/O
10/11/11 - Clinical stage I seminoma cancer diagnosed
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Congrat's!! Keep the all clears coming!
Though there is no guarentee, typically with pure Chorio if you go 1 year with no relapse, the odds of it coming back are less than 1% after two years it is even less. Chorio doesn't lay dormant, that is why strict surveillance must be followed if you are to catch a relapse early.
Diagnosed 4/17/08
Right orchiectomy 4/18/08
Pure choriocarcinoma; HCG 715,000; lungs, lymphnodes, liver, and random other places
4X VIP chemo at IU with Dr. Einhorn 4/25/08-7/4/08
HCG down to 7.2 10/28/08
HCG back up to 198 12/29/08
1 X PVB 1/2/09-1/6/09
2 X HDC w/ stem cell rescue 2/4/09-3/14/09
Follow-up with Dr. Einhorn 4/22/09
HCG 1.2
3 rounds, 21 days, twice daily, VP-16 50mg 4/24/09-7/10/09
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johncovell
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Congratulations!!!! That is not just an all clear, it's a super all clear! Hope you're enjoying the good news-
Astrid
Astrid
Son Tyler (age 19) diagnosed 1/6/11-Surgery 1/11/11- 2.5 cm. mixed germ cell (EC, chorio, teratoma and yolk sac).
Elevated HCG -over 600, Elevated AFP - over 150
Markers returned to normal by 2/7/11
Stage 1a (no vascular invasion)
Surveillance since-
last CT check -8/15/11 - clear 7 months
last marker and lung xray check- 10/10/11 - clear 9 months
CT, xray and blood check - 12/12/11 - all clear -almost one year
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