ThePossum
8 years agoMember
Cancer in Abdomen
Hey everyone
Has anyone had cancer appear in their abdomen as secondary?
I'm told this is rare to happen from breast cancer but that's where my mum's has returned..
What treatments have people had?
Her tumour is apparently small originating in the abdominal wall muscle and it grabbed on and squashed a small part of the intestine.
They put a stoma in and now looking at chemotherapy to shrink it. They couldn't remove it.
Any experiences would be great. It's confusing especially with all the medical professionals saying 'this is strange, it doesn't usually happen'...
By the way she's had three CTs that showed no tumours and blood tests showed nothing either. It wasn't until they opened her up to check out the intestine that they saw it!
That gave us all false hope.
Devastating.
Thanks x
Has anyone had cancer appear in their abdomen as secondary?
I'm told this is rare to happen from breast cancer but that's where my mum's has returned..
What treatments have people had?
Her tumour is apparently small originating in the abdominal wall muscle and it grabbed on and squashed a small part of the intestine.
They put a stoma in and now looking at chemotherapy to shrink it. They couldn't remove it.
Any experiences would be great. It's confusing especially with all the medical professionals saying 'this is strange, it doesn't usually happen'...
By the way she's had three CTs that showed no tumours and blood tests showed nothing either. It wasn't until they opened her up to check out the intestine that they saw it!
That gave us all false hope.
Devastating.
Thanks x