CT Scan Results

I got the results from yesterday's CT scan today. It has been 12 weeks since the previous scan and we have been doing a new treatment with Mitomycin, Xeloda and Avastin. The new treatment appears to have stabilized most of the tumor growth. Each of the tumors that we are aware of either had minimal change or had a slight increase in size (with one exception). This is good news considering the amount of growth we had the last treatment cycle. Also, there are no new nodules that have popped up, which is good. All of the known metastases appears to be in the lungs and surrounding lymph nodes. Avastin is not considered a cure for cancer and its purpose is to contain the growth, which it looks like it is doing. Here are the old and new dimensions of the tumors that we are tracking (all measurements are in centimeters):

1.5 x 1.5 -> 1.6 x 1.2 (15% reduction)
1.2 x 1.1 -> 1.5 x 1.3 (47% growth)
1.0 x 0.7 -> 1.0 x 0.8 (14% growth)
1.3 x 1.1 -> 1.4 x 1.2 (1% growth)
2.6 x 2.1 -> 2.8 x 2.3 (18% growth)

I will meet with my oncologist next Thursday to discuss these results and decide if we will stay with this treatment or pursue a different treatment.