Blog Entries tagged 'T4 - Tumor invades other organs'

Stage 3 T4a No

bender289@hotmail.com — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:06:37 +0100

I was diagonosed with BC on Sept.23,2005 which made me a 47 year old female. �The Dr. that diagonosed me told me I was not a canidate for a neobladder. �He told me I would have to get a stoma or bag due to my situation. �I had around a 4cm sized tumor that was transitional cell which had gone through my bladder wall which made me a Stage 3 T4a No. �I had been c/o of frequent urination to my gyno and family Dr. for months. �I also had irregular periods and had developed high BP. �My Dr.'s nevered [...]

Atyp Bladder/Vaginal Clear Cell Cancer cT4N2M0

gbb@brunkhorst.org — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:48:48 +0100

Update - 4/13/06

1) got the final path reports back... a total of 6 lymph nodes were metastasized, 4 microscopically, out of the 25 resected from the pelvic and abdominal areas. all margins were good.

2) A FDG-PET scan is slated for next week, and if that is clear, then chemo (Taxol and CarboPlatin) will commence for 6 3 week cycles, and if that goes well, then 5 weeks of radiation therapy on the remaining lymph nodes in the groin and pelvis.

3) while the [...]

Atyp Bladder/Vaginal Clear Cell Cancer cT4N2M0

gbb@brunkhorst.org — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:58:41 +0100

My wife (45 year old F, 3 children vaginally delivered, last in 1988, 2003 Hysterectomy for prolapsed uterus, fibroids and dysplasia) �was diagnosed last week with an approx 3cm tumor that through biospy as a Clear Cell Carcinoma of the bladder and now invaded the vagina. � Painful, frequent and low volume urination was the only symptom, onset 6 months ago, and she spent 3 months eliminating all other conditions. � No other symptoms were diagnosed. �CT scan and chest Xray are negative for nodal [...]