Treatment Center Options - Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Posted by martial1 @martial1, 18 hours ago

Hello - my BIL (61) had his first PSA done a couple of months ago with a 7.1 result. MRI and biopsies showed Gleason 9 with PNI and swollen pelvic lymph node. PSMA CT scheduled for next week. Urologic oncologist said very bad cancer. Can anyone recommend a treatment center that may be better than your standard local oncology team - Mayo Clinic? MD Anderson? Johns Hopkins? Thanks

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 16 hours ago

Mayo Clinic in Rochester (Dr. Heath). UCSF, UCLA, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Dr. Eleni Efstathiou works at Houston Methodist Oncology Partners. And there are a whole lot more. If you gave information about where you live, we might be able to come up with a place near you.

martial1 | @martial1 | 16 hours ago

Thanks - New Orleans, Louisiana

jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 16 hours ago

In reply to @martial1 "Thanks - New Orleans, Louisiana" + (show)

@martial1

I don’t have a list of doctors in New Orleans. Maybe somebody else can answer this.

If you attend the next ancan.org weekly advanced prostate cancer meeting they can give you information on what doctors are in your area. The next meeting is October 6 at 5 PM Pacific time. Get there 10 minutes early and they will not only answer your question. They will help you with information on your treatment. If you go to the website and sign up, you will get a really good newsletter about the meeting and with a lot more information. You can also watch the previous meetings, so you get a feel for what’s going on.

While they meet weekly, they only meet four times a month and this month has five weeks.

johndavis60 | @johndavis60 | 15 hours ago

I have heard good things about this doctor at Tulane
https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/medicine-hematology-medical-oncology/faculty/oliver-sartor-md

lag | @lag | 12 hours ago

I don't know where you are located and how far you are able and willing to travel, but my husband has been a patient at Mayo Rochester since 2011 and we recommend Mayo highly, not only the urology department but all other departments you might need in dealing with prostate cancer. We have had great experiences with urology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, surgery, and nuclear medicine, as well as the lab and imaging staffs.