Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Courtney's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Courtney Vigars, Female, Under 40 | Stage III

In her fifth year of remission at the time of the 2025 story after transanal surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy for Stage III rectal cancer; she had returned to an active working life.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Mark's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Mark, Male, Under 40 | Stage III

Biomarkers: Tumor genetic testing negative; Lynch syndrome not detected

Mark had Stage III right-sided colon cancer treated with surgery and chemotherapy. He has been considered no evidence of disease since finishing chemotherapy in spring 2021 and had passed the 4-year post-surgery milestone as of March 2025.

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Stage IV KRAS Colorectal Cancer: Bill's Patient Story

Patient Info: Bill, Male, 40s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: KRAS mutation

Metastatic Site: liver; lung; brain

Bill has Stage IV KRAS G12A-mutated colon cancer with liver, lung, and brain metastases. After multiple surgeries, ablation, Gamma Knife, and repeated chemotherapy, tumors shrank and he moved to lifelong maintenance chemotherapy every 2 weeks as of March 2025.

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Shannin: Stage IV Colorectal Cancer

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

Biomarkers: Tumor-marker testing used to select immunotherapy

Metastatic Site: Liver

As of March 2025, Shannin was living with Stage IV colon cancer with cancer remaining in the liver while receiving chemotherapy and tumor-marker-matched immunotherapy.

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Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Shannin's Patient Story

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

Biomarkers: Genetic testing negative; tumor-marker match for immunotherapy reported, exact marker not stated

Metastatic Site: liver; ovaries; peritoneum

Shannin has palliative Stage IV metastatic colorectal cancer with liver, ovarian, and peritoneal involvement. As of March 2025, she was continuing chemotherapy plus immunotherapy, had responded enough to keep treatment going, but still needed liver-directed options and did not qualify for a Canadian liver-pump trial.

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Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Tamara's Patient Story

Patient Info: Tamara, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: FAP / APC mutation; reported de novo APC mutation

Metastatic Site: liver; lungs; retroperitoneal area reported initially

Tamara has Stage IV FAP/APC-associated colon cancer with liver and lung metastases. After chemotherapy plus immunotherapy, her numbers dropped sharply, lung disease cleared, and liver disease shrank but remained active; as of March 2025, she was continuing maintenance treatment.

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Edie: Stage III Colorectal Cancer

Patient Info: Edie, Female, 50s | Stage III

As of March 2025, Edie had recovered after chemotherapy, radiation, lower anterior resection, temporary ileostomy, and reversal; lymph nodes were negative, margins were clean, and follow-up scans and colonoscopies had remained clear.

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Tamara: Stage IV Colorectal Cancer

Patient Info: Tamara, Female, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: APC mutation; familial adenomatous polyposis

Metastatic Site: Liver | Lungs

As of March 2025, Tamara was living with Stage IV FAP-associated colon cancer involving the liver and lungs after completing 12 cycles of chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

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Stage III Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Katie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Katie, Female | Stage III

Katie completed surgery and chemotherapy for Stage IIIB transverse colon adenocarcinoma. Her ctDNA tests have been negative since surgery, scans have been clean, and treatment ended in summer 2023; as of February 2025, she was in survivorship and follow-up.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Katie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Katie, Female | Stage III

As of February 2025, Katie had no evidence of disease after surgery and 6 cycles of chemotherapy and was continuing reassuring follow-up, including ctDNA testing.

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Colorectal Cancer: Cattie's Patient Story

Patient Info: Cattie Fleming, Female

Cattie remained on chemotherapy, and her most recent scans showed that treatment was effective.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Edie's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Edie, Female, 50s | Stage III

After total neoadjuvant treatment, lower anterior resection, and ileostomy reversal, Edie reported clear scans/colonoscopies and described herself as a colon cancer survivor. As of February 2025, she remained in survivorship.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Denelle's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Denelle, Female | Stage III

As of February 2025, Denelle had a complete response to total neoadjuvant therapy for Stage IIIB rectal cancer, avoided surgery, and was in active surveillance with scans and scopes every 3 months.

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Genetic testing confirms a local recurrence of Stage III sigmoid colon cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage III

Biomarkers: KRAS, PIK3CA, BRAF -negative

One year after surgery for the local recurrence, he remained free of both local recurrence and distant metastases.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Denelle's Patient Story

Patient Info: Denelle Chapman, Female | Stage III

After chemoradiation and systemic chemotherapy for Stage IIIB rectal cancer, Mayo Clinic scans showed a complete response midway through chemotherapy. As of February 2025, she was finishing treatment and entering surveillance rather than immediate surgery.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Skylee's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Skylee Tinker, Female, 40s | Stage III

Skylee completed surgery and 12 chemotherapy rounds and continued to cope with scan anxiety and survivor guilt; no recurrence or current scan result was reported.

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Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Wendy's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Wendy Harpp, Female, 50s | Stage III

Wendy completed multimodal treatment in 2020 and later became an active colorectal-cancer advocate; current surveillance results and recurrence status were not reported.

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Antonio Dionizio

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

His son reported that surgery and chemotherapy worked and that he was preparing to celebrate his 84th birthday in 2025, more than 20 years after diagnosis.

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Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Evan's Patient Story

Patient Info: Evan White, Male, Under 40 | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: lungs

After 1 year with no evidence of disease, Evan developed colorectal recurrence and later lung metastases; he died in October 2021 after about 4 years with cancer.

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Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Shawn's Patient Story

Patient Info: Shawn Michael, Male, 40s | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: liver, spleen, lung

Recovering from emergency surgery for Stage IV colorectal cancer involving the liver, spleen, and lung, with systemic chemotherapy and additional specialist treatment planned. As of February 2025, he was actively managing metastatic disease.

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Shawn: Stage IV Colorectal Cancer

Patient Info: Shawn, Male, 40s | Stage IV

As of February 2025, Shawn had completed surgery for Stage IV colorectal cancer and was preparing to begin chemotherapy while recovering physically and emotionally.

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Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Lindy's Patient Story

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

Metastatic Site: Lymph nodes; liver; lungs

As of February 2025, Lindy was living with treatable but incurable Stage IV colon cancer involving lymph nodes, liver, and lungs, with good response to chemotherapy and ongoing maintenance treatment.

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Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Shayla's Patient Story

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

Metastatic Site: Liver

As of February 2025, Shayla was in ongoing treatment for Stage IV colorectal cancer with liver metastasis after 4 rounds of chemotherapy, liver resection, and resumed chemotherapy.

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Stage II Colorectal Cancer: Tracy's Survivor Story

Patient Info: Tracy, Female, 40s | Stage II

As of February 2025, Tracy was in post-treatment survivorship after Stage IIB colorectal cancer treated with 28 days of Xeloda chemoradiation, colostomy surgery in December 2015, and discontinued post-surgery chemotherapy.

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