Stage 2 With Only 5 Lymph Nodes Found...Need Chemo?

Thank you so much for your quick reply. My husband is 53 years old and is an eye surgeon. He is very healthy and lean otherwise. Actually, the pathologist found 9 more LN yesterday, so he said there are 14 LN for total and all of them are negative.

The tumor was 2.1cm, it penetrated muscular layer, going .5cm into the fat. There was a clear margin of 8cm of fat. It did not penetrate serosa. My husband is concerned about the side effects of chemo, especially neuropathy because of his occupation. 

Do you think that it is not worth six month chemo in his case? We heard tahat the majority of people at stage 2 do not need chemo....

thats excellant news because now you have an accurate stage.  The use of adjuvant chemo in stage II is debatable.  All you can do is weigh the risks vs the benefits.  I agree most people dont do it.  If you dont get chemo, be vigilant with followup.  I would say do biannual H&P and CEA and annual CT and colonoscopy.

Thank you so much for being so helpful. Do you know if there are any good resources/specialists/cancer survivors we can check/talk to regarding this situation? We would like to gather as much information as we can to decide chemo.