Early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) is colon cancer or rectal cancer diagnosed before the age of 50. It is also known as early age onset CRC and young-onset colorectal cancer. Early-onset CRC accounts for about 10% of colon cancers and 15-20% of rectal cancers.
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Don't ignore symptoms. Get things checked out.
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I'm new to this site, so just beginning to understand what has happened to my daughter - who is 38 and has stage 3 CRC. So far its been gruelling and long haul - but we are nearly through to the end - surgery is imminent having successfully had neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I am now beginning to gather information to help her to make the best of her life going forward. I have no doubt that diet plays a part in both the formation of and prevention of any type of cancer - along with other lifestyle factors. So thank you for this, and I will be reading everything I can lay my hands on. I already know a fair bit about the gut microbiome and the importance of this, but ......well, her story will eventually be told, for now the focus is on tumour removal and recovery from the pretty medieval treatments so far.
Hi francesw47,
Thanks for posting with us. I see you are not new to HU and have a lot of experience navigating the healthcare system. But that’s another topic for another time. I hate to hear what your daughter is having to deal with. It is not an easy road to be on. Please feel free to place any responses in the Chat area if you don’t want to place them out here for public consumption. It is good information for others to know and think about as well. I think people need to hear about it as well. I did folfox and folfiri chemo as well as some radiation for 2+ years. I was able to be included in a clinical trial after that which turned out to be the game changer. We do live and learn, but knowing what we know now, I should have never been on chemo.
She looks like she is setting up for some surgery and I’m glad to see the preparation for that is going well. The neo-adjuvant chemotherapy is medieval. Is there a hereditary aspect to her cancer within your family? She should be getting genetic testing on both her and the tumor. Any targeted therapies will be looking for that information.
I do like to look at all approaches to prevention and fighting cancer. I was on an immunotherapy which ignites my immune system to fight the cancer. It doesn’t attack cancer itself. I think being able to starve a mutation sounds very common sense if it can be done. As a patient, limiting certain foods could be very beneficial as well and is something the patient can control. How can we cut off the mutation’s receptors from receiving the nutrients it needs? I’ll keep watching this one. 👍
Your daughter will definitely have a “new norm” and that’s what you are preparing for. She’s in a fight she didn’t pick, and I hope she soon moves on to “make the best of her life going forward.” I’m glad you’re gathering information and insight. Please keep us informed as to what you find out on this journey. You are starting to tell her story now and even though many chapters are unknown, we look forward to hearing about them and learning from them as well. A person once said “it’s better to tell the story than to be the story.” Well, your daughter is the story and I am the story as well. And that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.❤️
All the best to you and your family .. 👍❤️
Tom
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