艾尔莎-兰克福
Caregiver |
结肠 - 第 IV 阶段
Age at Diagnosis: 49
I am caregiver to my wife who was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at age 49. The recommended screening age had just been lowered from 50 to 45 only two months before her diagnosis. We already thought it was cancer, but the colonoscopy confirmed it. I was with her when we found out. She was on the gurney after the colonoscopy.
My wife’s only symptom was anemia.
Her treatments consisted of chemotherapy, targeted therapy/immunotherapy, surgery, and radiation. Her side effects are skin rashes and increased anxiety. She had biomarker testing done, and she is currently in a clinical trial, an immunotherapy trial (NCT05572684). This trial involves NC410 and pembro, and she began this trial on January 8.
For stage IV patients and care partners, the stats can be scary. I’m keeping up hope that the stats and options for CRC stage IV are increasing. Getting your loved one to a procedure with curative intent can change the stats.
Please get second or third opinions if possible.
I have known too many young (20s-40s) people who have died from this disease in the past 2.5 years. Funding for more research and researchers needs to be increased, so that there can be more options with less toxicity, where we can think about years and not weeks or months as an exciting trial survival outcome.
I have started a stage IV care partner podcast. It’s on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube. I am hoping it’s helpful for patients and care partners but also for people to understand what stage IV cancer land is like.
艾尔莎-兰克福
Caregiver |
结肠 - 第 IV 阶段
Age at Diagnosis: 49
I am caregiver to my wife who was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at age 49. The recommended screening age had just been lowered from 50 to 45 only two months before her diagnosis. We already thought it was cancer, but the colonoscopy confirmed it. I was with her when we found out. She was on the gurney after the colonoscopy.
My wife’s only symptom was anemia.
Her treatments consisted of chemotherapy, targeted therapy/immunotherapy, surgery, and radiation. Her side effects are skin rashes and increased anxiety. She had biomarker testing done, and she is currently in a clinical trial, an immunotherapy trial (NCT05572684). This trial involves NC410 and pembro, and she began this trial on January 8.
For stage IV patients and care partners, the stats can be scary. I’m keeping up hope that the stats and options for CRC stage IV are increasing. Getting your loved one to a procedure with curative intent can change the stats.
Please get second or third opinions if possible.
I have known too many young (20s-40s) people who have died from this disease in the past 2.5 years. Funding for more research and researchers needs to be increased, so that there can be more options with less toxicity, where we can think about years and not weeks or months as an exciting trial survival outcome.
I have started a stage IV care partner podcast. It’s on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube. I am hoping it’s helpful for patients and care partners but also for people to understand what stage IV cancer land is like.
The only way to know that you do or do not have colorectal cancer is to check. Colorectal cancer is one of the few cancers where, it might be able to be caught before it's cancer, and then it can be prevented.
艾尔莎-兰克福
Caregiver |
结肠 - 第 IV 阶段
Age at Diagnosis: 49
I am caregiver to my wife who was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at age 49. The recommended screening age had just been lowered from 50 to 45 only two months before her diagnosis. We already thought it was cancer, but the colonoscopy confirmed it. I was with her when we found out. She was on the gurney after the colonoscopy.
My wife’s only symptom was anemia.
Her treatments consisted of chemotherapy, targeted therapy/immunotherapy, surgery, and radiation. Her side effects are skin rashes and increased anxiety. She had biomarker testing done, and she is currently in a clinical trial, an immunotherapy trial (NCT05572684). This trial involves NC410 and pembro, and she began this trial on January 8.
For stage IV patients and care partners, the stats can be scary. I’m keeping up hope that the stats and options for CRC stage IV are increasing. Getting your loved one to a procedure with curative intent can change the stats.
Please get second or third opinions if possible.
I have known too many young (20s-40s) people who have died from this disease in the past 2.5 years. Funding for more research and researchers needs to be increased, so that there can be more options with less toxicity, where we can think about years and not weeks or months as an exciting trial survival outcome.
I have started a stage IV care partner podcast. It’s on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube. I am hoping it’s helpful for patients and care partners but also for people to understand what stage IV cancer land is like.
The only way to know that you do or do not have colorectal cancer is to check. Colorectal cancer is one of the few cancers where, it might be able to be caught before it's cancer, and then it can be prevented.
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