Hi,
I posted about this before and Steph replied. I asked about the chance
of recurrence 5.5 years after an adenocarcinoma (Stage III, spead to
regional lymph nodes) was resected from a patient's small bowel. I
thought that the chance of recurrence was small and Steph confirmed
this.

However at the patient's most recent checkup a slight blockage and
thickening of the intestine in the same location as before was observed
on CT. Oncologist seems worried and has scheduled more investigations.
The patient has no symptoms and feels well. In the 5.5 years since the
resection, she has had two further ops to fix adhesions in the small
intestine. The last op was about 2.5 years ago and the surgeon did not
find any cancer but did warn that adhesions might re-occur in the
future. We are hoping that this is what has happened. Anyone care to
give an opinion on the likelihood of this. What are the chances of it
being
1) a local recurrence
2) a metastatic recurrence
3) benign adhesions
4) a new primary cancer

By the way, CEA levels are normal but from what I've read the CEA test
is next to useless.

Thanks for any information.