Paris Update - 9/15/09
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Hello everyone, I got the call today regarding Paris’ surgery/pathology results
The spot by the vena cava-benign (no cancer) which is great news.
The spot by T9 is considered GanglioNeuroblastoma-which is “treated Neuroblastoma and/or mature Neuroblastoma” meaning that the cells have responded to treatment, are present in their most mature form but still require treatment. This is far better than receiving an active Neuroblastoma disgnosis/pathology.
So Ganglio comes in 2 forms Ganglio Neuroblastoma (mature cells that have been treated) or Ganglio Neuroma (benign Neuroblastoma-cancer free) we are right in the middle between Neuroblastoma and Ganglio Neuroma. So 50% there to being hopefully cancer free- I’ll take it.
The team meets tomorrow to devise a treatment plan-Im thinking radiation to the spot if the area falls outside where she was last radiated and from what they are saying low dose chemo most likely irenotecan. I asked abut high dose and they said most likely not due to the size of the tumor and shape that was removed-but the decisions will be finalized on Wednesday.