Joe will know in 2 weeks if scans show any leftover cancer after his chemotherapy treatments.

This is not totally definitive, since small amounts of cancer cells don’t show on the scans. But the scans will likely be followed up, in a few weeks, by some exploratory surgery that will allow the surgery team to have a direct look inside his abdominal cavity.

That surgery will give Joe almost 100% certainty of what the result is.