article_snippet: It’s like going through a car crash,’ says Professor Griffin.
article_snippet: Professor Griffin says only a third of the patients referred to Professor Griffin are eligible even to try ‘curative’ treatment as, once diagnosed, only a third of the patients referred to him cancer is often too advanced and only a third of the patients referred to him are too frail.
article_snippet: It’s like going through a car crash biopsy was not conclusive, but the fact Professor Griffin had a mass there convinced surgeons it was best to remove most of Professor Griffin .
article_snippet: Professor Griffin had the operation in April 2012.
article_snippet: just how major an operation it would be,’ says Professor Griffin.
article_snippet: For three weeks, Professor Griffin was fed through a tube directly into Professor Griffin stomach.
article_snippet: A week after the operation Professor Griffin was told a mass there convinced surgeons it was best to remove most of his oesophagus was a grade III cancer, meaning a mass there convinced surgeons it was best to remove most of his oesophagus was aggressive and had spread to nearby lymph nodes.
article_snippet: , as if I had, I’d be dead now,’ says Professor Griffin bluntly.
article_snippet: Professor Griffin needed six weeks of radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy for five months.
article_snippet: Professor Griffin now wishes Professor Griffin had gone to Professor Griffin GP sooner as Professor Griffin might not have needed such major treatment.
article_snippet: For Professor Griffin, life has changed.
article_snippet: Professor Griffin gets tired easily and whereas Professor Griffin used to look forward to meals out with Professor Griffin girlfriend, Niki, much of the joy of eating has gone for Professor Griffin.
article_snippet: Certain foods such as risotto or anything stodgy are off-limits as it can get caught in the new connection between Professor Griffin stomach and what remains of Professor Griffin oesophagus.
article_snippet: Professor Griffin is more prone to reflux, so takes omeprazole — which reduces stomach acid production — every day, and has regular scans.
article_snippet: I am now officially in remission,’ Professor Griffin says, relief evident in Professor Griffin voice.
article_snippet: Professor Griffin is optimistic about the future and is standing down as an MP in