thank you very much for this information....i was having a hard time finding any thing out
its not the best thing to read but it helps to know what we are facing .
regarding my father he has had his scan and they have found three small spots on his brain and they have him set up for more test after thanksgiving
I am so sorry to here what you, and your family, is going through. Here is an article that has some statistics in it regarding rectal cancer that you may find useful.
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/135/5/530?ck=nck
The brain scan is to see if the cancer has metathesized to the brain which, unfortunately, can happen in end stage cancer patients.
my father just had a episode that i think was a tremor , i called the emergency doc that was on call all he said come in first thing tomorrow morning they are doing a scan of his brain....why his brain when the cancer is in his rectum???
hello? is there no one who can talk to me?