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Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 16 1:38pm | Replies (607)Comment receiving replies
Good morning poodledoc
Thank you for your reply I hope all is well with you
I have researched and researched and researched spoke with doctors twice dealing with the cancer facility here in Maine at Maine medical Center partners good group of people but no they do not do any trials or anything different my options that they have given me a surgery or radiation and I’m having a lot of issues with what my life will be after. I do have an appointment scheduled at Dana-Farber to speak with three physicians they’re on trials on March 11 maybe they will give me some other alternatives I don’t know but I am being told that I should do something before summer my Glisan scores are mainly sevens now with 30% I believe is what they told me hard to take in all of this
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I just checked Dana-Farber in Boston and they do have a clinical study on HIFU See: https://www.dana-farber.org/clinical-trials2/detail/13-184/ there are certain criteria you have to meet to join the study. Let everyone know how your appointment goes with them.
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May I recommend that you investigate proton therapy? It is a form of radiation with less healthy cell damage than normal photon radiation. There are dozens of centers around the country that employ it. Read Bob Marckini's book on proton therapy. Best of luck.