Introduction to the Oncologist

On June 29, Mary will meet with Dr. George Fisher of Stanford's oncology program.

From what I have read, its the radiation treatment that is going to carry the heavy load in stopping the cancer in the ducts in the liver--if the cancer is still present. Of course, I am not a doctor, but it seems to me the only way they confirmed the cancer was via biopsy samples taken during the first surgery (a lymph node grabbed during gall bladder removal) and during the second surgery (confirmed in the removed bile ducts and liver materials). I am no rocket scientist, but unless we learn something new I am concerned that there is no way to tell if the cancer is truly gone. Before surgeries were performed and even with the mass of materials in the bile ducts, none of the procedures (the ERCP, CAT scan, MRI, blood tests, etc.) could confirm the presence of a growth.

We'll learn as we go!