Mass in chest grew back
Hello everyone. My wife 31 yrs old diagnosed with PMBCL last January and confirmed the mass was around 15.8cmx13cmx7.4cm with fluid in her chest and heart sack, treatment was R-CHOP. Able to treat that complication initially
After 3rd session of chemo did a CT scan turns to 8.9cmx7.9cmx4.75cm we’re very positive since theres a response from the chemo drugs.
After finishing the 6th session of chemo and did CT scan after a month it grew back to 11.1cmx13cmx7.1cm we also notice multiple lymph nodes again in her neck.
After surgery, onco and surgeon told us the tissue sample collected was more of fibrosis scar tissue base on physical characteristic and didn’t expect initially to be like that. We gained hope again knowing PMBCL was well known to have this scarring after treatment.
Aside from that she’s feels fine, gained weight, vitals are good, cbc, blood chem results are good. Done with surgery and waiting for biopsy result again.
It frustrates and discourage us even though we know this type of cancer is highly treatable and curable but we don’t know what to feel. Any thoughts or fellow people similar case with my wife.