Radiation Controlled Bleeding Before Surgery for Colon Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 70+

The colectomy specimen showed no residual tumor and all 18 lymph nodes were negative, representing a complete pathologic response.

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Stage II Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Anne-Marie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Anne-Marie | Stage II

Anne-Marie was declared cancer-free in January 2025 and continues to manage fear of recurrence.

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Colorectal Cancer: Michelle's Patient Story

Patient Info: Michelle

Michelle underwent partial colectomy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy after a colon tumor was found during evaluation of pain, bowel changes and blood in the stool.

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Colon Cancer Spreading to the External Ear Canal

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male | Stage Metastatic/Advanced

Metastatic Site: right external auditory canal

A man previously treated for node-positive colon cancer developed a bleeding ear-canal mass that represented a rare colorectal metastasis.

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Colon cancer surgery complicated by a rectus sheath hematoma

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+ | Stage III

After postoperative pneumonia, ileus and a major rectus sheath hematoma, she stabilized and transferred to rehabilitation before discharge home, with CT and clinic follow-up planned 6 weeks later.

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Metastatic colon cancer in a woman later diagnosed with Lynch syndrome

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, Under 40 | Stage IV

Biomarkers: Pathogenic germline MLH1 p. mutation; Lynch syndrome

Metastatic Site: liver

Twenty years after the metastatic colon cancer treatment, she presented with a separate small-bowel adenocarcinoma rather than recurrent colon cancer. Follow-up imaging 6 months after treatment of that later cancer showed no evidence of neoplastic disease.

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Teenage colon cancer initially mistaken for anorexia nervosa

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, Under 40 | Stage III

Biomarkers: Loss of MSH2 and MSH6 expression; microsatellite instability; MSH2 variant of uncertain significance suspected to affect splicing; Lynch syndrome diagnosis

She remained in remission 3 years after surgery.

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Colon cancer chemotherapy complicated by a severe manic episode

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 40s | Stage III

He completed chemotherapy without further affective episodes on the revised regimen and remained under regular follow-up.

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Colon Cancer Surgery Followed by Severe Postoperative Priapism

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 50s

At 6-month follow-up, erectile dysfunction after postoperative priapism was manageable with medication, and he decided against a penile prosthesis.

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Recurrent Stage III Ascending Colon Cancer With a Duodenocolic Fistula in a 33-Year-Old Man

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, Under 40 | Stage III

Six months after surgery, he returned with advanced recurrent disease that could not be resected; feeding procedures were performed and he was sent home with plans for palliative care.

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Sigmoid Colon Cancer Treated With Left Hemicolectomy

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 60s

A woman with sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma underwent left hemicolectomy in 2006 and later continued annual colonoscopy surveillance.

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Transverse Colon Cancer Complicated by a Liver Abscess After Endoscopic Tattooing

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 60s

A 61-year-old woman with transverse-colon adenocarcinoma developed a large liver abscess after endoscopic tattooing before undergoing subtotal colectomy with an ileostomy.

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Cecal cancer revealing Muir-Torre syndrome with an MSH2 mutation

Patient Info: Anonymized, female

Biomarkers: MSI-high; loss of MSH2 expression; truncating MSH2 mutation

A woman with multiple sebaceous tumors and a strong family history of colorectal cancer was found to have MSI-high cecal cancer and an MSH2 mutation consistent with Muir-Torre syndrome.

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Sigmoid colon cancer: complete response after repeated metastatic recurrences and multimodal therapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: KRAS/NRAS/BRAF status not reported; CEA elevation used for recurrence monitoring

Metastatic Site: left lung, mediastinal lymph nodes, left adrenal…

By 2011, all metastatic lesions had achieved complete response; nearly 1 year after the last adrenal irradiation, no recurrence had been detected.

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Synchronous T3N0 colon cancers causing intussusception treated with colectomy and oral UFUR

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 50s | Stage II

Biomarkers: lymphovascular invasion positive; perineural invasion positive; anemia at presentation

After surgery for synchronous T3N0 colon adenocarcinomas and adjuvant oral UFUR, no recurrent symptoms or signs were noted at 12-month follow-up.

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Colorectal Cancer: Jennifer's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Jennifer Gerres, Female, Under 40

As of June 2012, Jennifer had undergone laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy for sigmoid colon cancer, her pathology report was all clear, and she described going from diagnosis to no cancer within 2 weeks.

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Stage III Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Lynda's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Lynda | Stage III

Declared cancer-free in 2014 and still describes being cancer-free more than 16 years after the 2009 diagnosis.

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Stage IV Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Betsy's Patient Story

Patient Info: Betsy | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: liver|bile duct

Betsy is living with Stage IV colorectal cancer involving the liver and bile duct and continues chemotherapy.

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Stage IV Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Alecia's Patient Story

Patient Info: Alecia | Stage IV

She remains on pembrolizumab and reports that her scans have looked good.

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