I know I am posting like crazy, clearly my anxiety is through the roof. Also I am a lawyer that deals with a LOT of cancer patients who are terminally ill (does not make my anxiety better).
Now that my father's cancer is upstaged from non-invasive to invasive (Invasive to Lamina Propria and NOT into the Muscle), I am reading the chances for T1- increase the likelihood that cancer will metastasize into bloodstream.
Has anyone experienced this? Dr. did not do a biopsy of the lymph nodes but said the CT scan performed one month ago showed no lymphatic invasion. My understanding is a biopsy- not a CT scan would show this.
Also, what are survival rates for stage one, non-muscle invasive cancer of HG Papillary with in situ residual with invasion. At first I thought, survival rate for Stage 1, is still good but based on other literature I am reading it appear grim.
There are obviously no guarantees in life but I am just figuring out what I need to be prepared for, if this is going downhill from here.
