Friend,

<<My abdomen is full of tumor which is inoperable>>

Is this felt to be solely due to the recurrence at the site of the
primary? No disease in liver/lungs? If this is the case you should
get a consult w/ Dr. Paul Sugarbaker of Washington, DC

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/suthercon/periton.htm

Cytoreductive surgery (where they resect everything possible)
followed by heated intraperitoneal chemo (infused directly into
abdomen after surgery) might be a way to go...this has been
successful in some "hopeless" cases, actually resulting in improved 5-
year survival for patients who can be downstaged to resectable
disease.

There are several posters on the "companion" board to this one,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colon_cancer_support/

who have cases similar to yours (cancer in abdomen but not in
organs)...one is going to Ohio State and is on Camptosar prior to
surgery/Intraperitioneal Chemo.

Best Wishes,

Keith


--- In experimentalandunconventional@yahoogroups.com, "msprisco
<msprisco@y...>" <msprisco@y...> wrote:
> My colon cancer has recurred at the site where the colon was sewn
> together. My abdomen is full of tumor which is inoperable. I am
> told that I "may" have nine months. Went to the University of
> Virginia - they will treat with Oxaliplatin as a first line
> therapy. They said I may have a year with treatment. Georgetown
> University would enroll me in a clinical vaccine trial but no
> pathology was done after my surgery four weeks ago! So I may not
be
> able to get it. They said I could have two years with all the
> different treatment options. My local oncologist offers CPT-11,
5FU
> and Leucovorin and doesn't really offer much hope at all. I just
> don't know what to do next. I am frustrated and discouraged. One
> day I believe that I may live another two years, the next not more
> that a few months. I need to start treatment soon for my own peace
of
> mind. Has anyone had this type of tumor that was "successfully"
> treated?