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  • kathleen_t

    Member
    July 24, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Oh, please do. It seems like such an elegant solution.

    — Kathleen

  • jimswife

    Member
    July 24, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    I worked for 20 years with a group of radiologists who specialized in interventional radiology which is what would be the subspecialty for this sort of procedure. It truly would not require at least at first blush special equipment beyond what is in an vascular lab. I will send the article to one of the docs I worked with and see what he has to say. BTW, this group brought a procedure into the hospital for uterine fibroids that might offer some patients not having to have a total hysterectomy for uterine fibroids. It worked on a similar basis as this treatment for bladder cancer. Stangled the fibroids by blocking the blood supply. Seems on the surface that this might be ann option for BC as well in some instances. Will let you know if and what I hear about this. Carla

  • kathleen_t

    Member
    July 19, 2011 at 1:16 am

    I showed this paper to an oncologist today, and he was impressed with the outcome stats, and thought the procedure would not require special equipment or ultra-special skills. I left the printout with him. Who knows? Maybe that’s how new effective procedures become available.

    — Kathleen

  • Guest
    July 18, 2011 at 11:41 pm

    got a short reply from the head of oncology at USC/Norris regarding this therapy
    “Yeah, quite cool…but I ran it by our GU Onc Director and he felt very leery about chemo with hemodialysis!
    Tough process!”
    Guess they’re not ready yet??
    pat

  • billm

    Member
    July 18, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    Nothing really new in this country treatment wise, just making what works even better. Grants, FDA approval for studies, and doctors looking at the Gold Standards we have. Every doctor seems to have differing opinions on these studies being done outside the US. It will be interesting to hear what your doc says Pat. Seems like chemo drugs/stageIV and finding the precursors the highest grades were trending last year study wise.

    5.24.10 Final staging T2G3 7.28.10 Started Gemcitabine, Cisplatin neoadjunctive chemotherapy
    11.2.10 RC with NEO 11.18.11 First year CT shows possible liver tumor
    12.8.11 Confirmation of TCC BC mets to the liver 6.27.12 Final round of Dose Dense MVAC
    7.26.12 Final scans showed no tumor or no metabolic response10.18.12 Wife leaves, now a single dad
    10.31.12 New scans show metastic return to liver 2.4.13 New scans for treatment, no other sites found
    2.20.13 New chemo regiment started, will run at least 12 weeks

  • kathleen_t

    Member
    July 17, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    Great idea. I am going to bring it up with my oncologists (and any I meet in the future).

    — Kathleen

  • Guest
    July 17, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    i just wrote my surgeon at USC/Norris which is very innovative and asked him for a response. We’ll see what he has to say.
    pat

  • kathleen_t

    Member
    July 17, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    So what keeps doctors in the U.S. from doing this? You’d think they would be all over it by now.

    — Kathleen

  • billm

    Member
    July 17, 2011 at 2:11 am

    Hi Kathleen, and Pat!

    I checked into this method of treatment exactly a year ago. The literature I think was from Italy or Spain and had the same results. I was talking to my surgeon about it while we were getting ready to start chemo. She said that eventually they “might” start doing studies here, that was a year ago. Up to that point every study that I had read for this procedure shows a lot of promise.

    Bill

    5.24.10 Final staging T2G3 7.28.10 Started Gemcitabine, Cisplatin neoadjunctive chemotherapy
    11.2.10 RC with NEO 11.18.11 First year CT shows possible liver tumor
    12.8.11 Confirmation of TCC BC mets to the liver 6.27.12 Final round of Dose Dense MVAC
    7.26.12 Final scans showed no tumor or no metabolic response10.18.12 Wife leaves, now a single dad
    10.31.12 New scans show metastic return to liver 2.4.13 New scans for treatment, no other sites found
    2.20.13 New chemo regiment started, will run at least 12 weeks

  • kathleen_t

    Member
    July 16, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    I have just been reading this amazing study. The results were outstanding, but eligibility standards were high as well. Not sure I could qualify (depends on where my nodes are and if I could pass the kidney function requirements).

    But sure would be interesting to find out if anyone is doing this procedure in North America.

    — Kathleen

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