How will this affect growth of tumours

[finkaz]

my mum had surgery approx two weeks ago and missed her last (4th ) chemo because of it.  She has been told that she cannot resume chemo until her incision has healed totally, possibly another 6 weeks this means that she has had no chemo for 10-11 weeks.  How will this affect her tumours, will they have grown again and she'll be back where she was at the start?

[Tybear]

I would think it would depend on how aggressive her tumors were and how much of an impact her previous chemo had on them. Did your mom have a CT scan done half way through her treatment? I'm sure that it would have shown how well she is responding to chemo, and if it was good, I wouldn't worry too much. I couldn't start my chemo right after my hysterectomy because of kidney complications. My surgery was September 30th and chemo was November 10th. My cancer didn't start growing at all and I hadn't had anything at that point - just surgery! I'm sure she will be fine and hopefully they will monitor her throughout her healing time to watch for any changes.

[finkaz]

thanks, she had a ct scan and was told the tumours had shrunk by about a third so fingers crossed she wont be back where she started.