What are Anal Cancer Surgeries? List from Cancer Survivors
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Lobectomy, Colorectal Surgery, Lymph Node Removal, Colostomy, Re-excision Surgery, Mastectomy, Reconstructive Surgery, Craniotomy, Oophorectomy, Lumpectomy, Hysterectomy
What Anal Cancer Survivors said about their Cancer Surgeries.
June 2007; Lower right lung wedge resection
port placement
March 20, 2009 - Biopsy of fissure tissure
No surgery as cancer was Stage 1.
7/20/09 Colonoscopy and biopsy.
7/27/09 Medi-port placement.
* May 19/09: consultation with 'roid specialist/surgeon including needle biopsy
* Jun 4/09: results "pre-malignant"
* Jun 8/09: surgery: full bioposy of 2 polyps which were removed; squamous cell carcinoma; one: 2 X 1.1 X 1, the other 2 X 1 X 0.9
* Jun 19/09: diagnosis: cancer of anus
Surgery set for January 2010, complete removal of rectal arrea,as well as all lymph nodes, and permanent colostomy due to location of tumor.
anal excision Oct. 5, 2009, no side effects other than minor discomfort
June 2009, Portacath insertion, severe reaction to something, not sure what. Started Mitomycin and 5 FU 4 days later and the incision was red and swollen and very painful for at least 2 weeks.
Liver resection Jan 2012
colonoscopy with biopsy
Port-a-Cath placement for chemo tx.
Colonoscopy, 12/09, no side effects
tumour resection 16.7.09
12-18-09 Biopsy (painful recovery due to constipation)
12-28-09 Port implanted (had neck/shoulder pain that lasted a week)
01-07-10 colonoscopy
Porta Cath inserted.....soreness for about 10 days
November 13th, 2009 - colostomy surgery - temporary if chemo/rad treatments are successful
colostomy because I developed a fistula during radiation
No Surgery
October 23rd 2009 - Colorectal specialist thought it was a fatty tumor. With none of the removal being within margins.
6/97 out-patient excision/surgery without clean margins; 9/97 out-patient groshong port implanted. It was removed in March, 1998. My chest muscles had grown around it, and the removal was 2+ hours.
Left lobe liver resection 6-2011//Bilateral mastectomy 6/24/2014
None was required.
Removal of growth and condylomas 5/12/10. Mild discomfort, no side effects.
Wedge Resection, 12/5/13, Craniotomy 11/2/15
I had what the surgeon said was a "skin tag" on my rectum that was removed On July 22, 2010, along with some exploratory surgery to remove adhesions on my left side and they drained a cyst on my right ovary. I was scheduled to see my surgeon on Aug 5th but received a phone call asking me to come in on July 28th, never in a millions years did I think I would be told that I have stage 1 anal cancer, I am scheduled to see an oncologist on Aug. 4th, so for now it is just waiting and wondering. I am not sure of the size or what course of treatment I will be going threw just yet.
Removal of tumor done by a surgeon incident to biopsy
1st surgery 2 years ago non cancerous, 2nd last year noncancerous. now 8-11 anal cancer. pet scan sched for 8-17
09/2006 – My first head CT showing 3.4cm X 2.9 tumor in my head
09/2006 – Surgery to remove tumor through mouth
06/2007- Surgery to remove tumor through nose and mouth
08/2009- Embolism surgery for Giant Cell Granuloma in head (x2)
09/2009 – facial degloving and attempt to remove Giant Cell
08/2010- Anorectum Ansocopy and removal of Squamous Cell
09/2010- Removal of upper right jaw and remaining sinus to remove Granuloma
10/2010 – One more surgery scheduled on my anus exterior and interior to remove
cancerous cells
1/22/10: Outpatient surgery biopsy of anal canal and diagnosis; 2/4/10: Outpatient surgery colonoscopy; 2/5/10: Outpatient surgery place Medport; 2/9/10: Transvaginal CT scan of pelvis; 2/26/10: Primary - blood work, antibiotics, vitamin levels; 4/15/10: Surgeon followup; 4/26/10: Gastro followup; 6/1/10: Ultrasound with contrast of pelvis; 6/16/10: Outpatient surgery Ultrasound with contrast of pelvis; 7/16/10: Gynocology consult at Primary concerning possible perforation; 7/21/10: Venogram of Medport blockage; 8/4/10: CT scan with contrast of pelvis; 8/6/10: Outpatient surgery biopsy of anal canal; 8/26/10: Surgeon followup - NED.
09/07/10- Anal Mass Removal- went in for emergency hemorrhoid surgery only to discover it wasn't a hemorrhoid but a tumor. 11/19 /10 - TEM surgery - dr. went in to check out mass spotted on eus and to remove some tissue to see if any cancer cell activity remains. very sore after procedure - since procedure was done directly in anal verge - more sore than most people.
12/29- APR surgery-removed anus and received permanent colostomy
Port placement scheduled 10/4/10
Excision Surgery and further examination. Margings were clear so no Chemo for me! Tons of pain after surgery. Getting better every day.
10/5/2010 Intra-anal excision to remove tumor. Lot's of people talk about "minimal discomfort" from this surgery. I have to say that was not the case for me. I had lots of swelling, bleeding and pain - internal and external. In addition to internal tumor excision, I also had stitches in my rectum. After two weeks bowels movements just bearable - even with pain medicine every four hours.
removal of tumor 9/13/2010, originally told precancerous-3 biospies done, a week after surgery told cancer cells found
May 2016 full salvage APR
colostomy, stint in kidney with drain
biosy on Feb. 14, 2011 ~ tumor and anus seem more sensitive and sore since.
due to have rectal ultrasound on March 1 and have first appointment with Oncologist on March 3.
02/17/11: Anal fissurectomy with lateral sphincterotomy. Only SE was pain. Now, I can poo w/o pain for the first time in MONTHS. It still looks weird (TMI.) This found the CA.
07/03/12--anal/rectal biopsy of suspicious tissue found during a DRE. Thankfully, it was only scar tissue.--I hurt like hell for 3 wks after though!! :/
Biopsy and Ultrasound, November 24, 2010
Biopsy, July 2011
APR with Flap reconstruction, July 29, 2011
Colonoscopsy March 2011 no side effects
Liver Biopsey March 2011 Still bruised and slightly sore
Portacath April 11, 2011 This HURTS!!! hopefully will be better next week.
Excision very close to sphincter muscle. Diagnosed on 4/27/11 and excised on 4/29/11. Big crater where tumor was, few stitches, pain, drainage. Doctor optimistic she got it all, Pathology will indicate whether or not rad or chemo is in order.
2/09/10 port surgically implanted in chest
Biopsy on Friday. This is my second biopsy since Nov. 2009. The doctors thought my cancer went away as it did not show on PET SCANS. I tried to tell them that Radiation softened the Tumor and that the Tumor was shaved off by brutally rough bowel movements.
I have not had surgery but am investigating the possibility of a liver rescetion.
May 16th colonoscopy - May 17th Path report - Anal cancer - constipation, itchy burning "hemorrhoid type" symptoms then pressure on vaginal wall
Polyp removed July 21, 2011 Lots of rectal pain and more pain from hard stools due to pain meds
2 biopsies on inguinal lymph node.
Colostomy 08/15/11
No surgery at this time.
Colonoscopy, anal leason surgery July 2011.
local excision 10/27/11. Knew it would be bad but it was worse than I expected. Surgeon did not get a clean margin.
Port placement Nov. 22, 2011
12/17 had excisional biopsy. 12/19 surgeon called stating it was invasive and needing chemo radiation therapy. Met with heme oncologist and rad oncologist yest. PET scan yest too- yay-no lymph nodes involved! Still trying to get colitis under control with prednisone then will start treatment in about two wks.
lymph node removal from iliac area November 2, 2011
anal biopsy, power port, liver biospy, liver resection
no surgery recommended at this time
Separate cancer found in petscan. Stage 1 endometrial. Had a da Vinci total hysterectomy on January 30, 2012. Began std protocol for AC on Feb 20, 2012, (21 days after surgery). I was up walking that night after surgery and back doing my 3 miles a day in a week or so.
1 quadrant hemorrhoidectomy with removal of small tumor on 2/14/12.
Called in by doctor for diagnosis on 2/15/12. Positive for cancer.
Laminectomy and tumor removal of the metestatic sacral tumor. This was done microscopically (with a small spoon). Nov 2012 Wedge resection right lower lobe via thoracotomy.
A chemo port was surgically installed just under my collar bone. After I completed 2 rounds of chemo and 7 weeks of radiation, my tumor was much smaller but still there. I switched hospitals from Jefferson Univ. in Phila. to Sloan Kettering in NYC. To determine if the remaining tumor was still cancerous, I had a surgical biopsy, going into the tumor through the anal wall. That identified some irregular cells but no cancer. Since they were sure there was still some cancer, I had a second biopsy done by interventional radiology, going into the tumor through my back while viewing via CT scan to be sure they were in the right place. Still no cancer! Yay! Later I had my appendix removed; it had been damaged by the radiation.
Two groin nodes removed July 2, 2012
Anal skin tag removed Aug, 2012
3/21/2012 APR surgery/colostomy. Long slow recovery but happy to be rid of tumor pain.
port 5/16/12
lung wedge resection, 10/9/12
8/20/14,cystoscopy, laparotomy, low anterior resection with partial vaginectomy omental flap, loop ileostomy.
12/3/14 Ileostomy reversal
2011 bilateral thoracotamy to remove benign lung nodules
Colostomy/biopsy on Oct. 4 2012
I also had a heart transplant almost 14 years ago. So I already have a compromised immune system already.... I have HPV and had cervical displasia 10 years ago. So I feel somewhat pre disposed to getting this type of cancer....
Surgery Feb 2013.
August 2013.
Plan: Excision of carcinoma, as well as razor slice of sphincter and cauterization of two other dysplasia sites .
Proposed Side effects: some leakage and a lot of pain in the ass.
Preparation for surgery: Probiotics, alkaline diet, cleansing fast.
Post surgery: sitz baths, narcotics, analgesic gel, metamucil.
Summary: a royal pain in the ass
May 1, 2013. Still painful at site of surgery. They thought they removed a hemmorhoid.
Colonoscopy 3/13 squamous cell carcinoma in situ, cannot rule out invasive, anascopy and biopsy 7/17/13 UCSF, squamous cell carcinoma invasive stage 1, power port implanted 8/28/13. Previously 2011 had spinal fusion at UCSF for scoliosis.
Excision of the tumor only; 1/15/2014; none
26th November 2014 APResection, Bowel Redirection & Colostomy
25th August 2014 Biopsies confirmed cancerous tumour in rectum
18th February 2014 Examination Under Anaesthetic, Anal and Rectal Biopsies - all clear.
Portacath implanted Nov 15, 2013.
polyp removed during routine colonoscopy - pathology diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma
Removal of tumor on July 2, 2014. Mediport placed on August 20, 2014.
July and October 2012. Many infections including VRE, C. difficile ,sepsis ((from candida) weight loss of 30 lbs, semi-vegetative state, hematuria, more surgeries to lysis infections, adhesions. Near death before transfer out of Yale Hospital and moved to Lenox Hill Hospital where my life was saved.
VATS procedure w/RUL segmentectomy for nodule & lung lymphadenectomies 8/20/14 + for AC; bil (2) inguinal node lymphadenectomies (negative for ca)) 1/2014; rt. inguinal node biopsy 7/2014 (negative for ca). Rt. ureteral stent placement 12/2015 for rt. hydronephrosis.
6/9/2014 power port placement, 11/6/2014 port no longer works for blood draws,
11/14 and 12/14 excise and biopsies
I'm experiencing occasional numbness and tingling from my hip to the removal scar. No big deal in the greater scheme of things.
Jan. 5th, 2015- surgical biopsy- was hoping to remove entire "in situ" area. No clear margins were obtained. Biopsy came came back as invasive SCC of anal canal on Jan. 9th, 2015.
Left 2 nodes removed one broke during removal
Wedge Resection lower right lung, 2011. Bronchial surgery of the right upper lobe, 2015
Incisional Biopsy
Tumor excision 7/31/15
Inserted port, may 2015
Colostomy installed end March 2016. working well
Numerous colonscopies.
i had a colonoscopy in Sept of 2014. They found a small lesion just above the dentate line. This was termed AIN 2. In Nov of 2014 they did a biopsy on what they termed a lesion and then destroyed it with electrocautery. The biopsy showed an invasive squamous cell cancer. It was moderately differentiated and it was arising within a background of high- grade dysphasia. The Doctor didn't notify me with results for three weeks. He then called and said I have invasive cancer and would call back in a week after he met with his cancer board. I called him a week later and decided to change doctorrs and went to a research hospital. The new doctor said he thought chemo and radiation at this point was an extreme measure and we should watch it every three months. Did CT scan and MRI both normal. Another spot was identified in May 2016. Excision was preformed June 2016. Didn't get clean margins and that lymph- vascular invasion was present.
Sigmoidoscopy/Biopsy 4/25/11
Had Colorectal Surgery on June 23 2016. "Side Effects ?" I now pass stools like a
Play-Doh Fun Factory with a Colostomy Bag fit for a Pack Mule.
After colonoscopy, surgeon took out larger tissue, cells were squamous so radiation/chemo was needed for remaining cells. Surgery was painful. On hydrocodon-acidimidophin.
Complete colostomy done September 29, 2016.
Had growth removed in Candler Memorial in Letter by Dr Headley. He thought it was just an hemorrhoid until the pathology report came back
Full APR, Hysterectomy at the same time, lymph node removal
6/1/2016 CT scan abdomen
6/8/2016 MRI of Chest, Abdomen & Pelvis
6/17/2016 Liver Biopsy
6/24/2016 Port put in
7/26/16 went into ER. Couldn't think straight. Got brain MRI - also had heart monitor on me + got echo cardiogram. they think it was Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) (mini stroke)
Released next day 7/27/16
FOLLOW-UP:
12/15/2016 Anoscopy
02/10/2017 CT Scan with IV Contrast
04/13/2017 2nd Anoscopy
VRAM with colostomy
Not sure what the chemo meds are called. No surgery yet.
Surgery to remove tumor
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