Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Thank you, Joyce. Sharon > HI Sharon, > I spent about a hour on google reading up on IMRT and can not pin > point a maximum size for you. > One suggestion, ask your Mom's Oncologist to call Radiology and ask > them about size restraints. > I will keep hunting and will let you know if I can find something. > Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Joyce, That is a long time for downloading. I'll check again. I've been googling but not finding much on when these treatments are indicated. Of course, I keep finding that the liver resection is preferred, but the research abstracts don't show a huge difference in survival rates between resection and ablation. It may be that those RFAs could leave a clean margin? The Cleveland Clinic, lived in Cleveland for many years, shows a better statistical survival rate for RFAs on less than 5 cm lesions but not a huge difference. Sharon - In colon_cancer_support , " Joyce " <joybrown@g...> wrote: > Hi Sharon, > Just for the fun of it I just went to the files section and clicked > on the SBRT that posted for me. > I timed it and it took 8 minutes to download. I was beginning to > think it was not going to come up also. It's done on acrobat reader > and it does take a while. I really wish you could access it because > it's very informative and even has pictures. > Check the bottom of your screen and see if it says downloading. > Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Joyce, That is a long time for downloading. I'll check again. I've been googling but not finding much on when these treatments are indicated. Of course, I keep finding that the liver resection is preferred, but the research abstracts don't show a huge difference in survival rates between resection and ablation. It may be that those RFAs could leave a clean margin? The Cleveland Clinic, lived in Cleveland for many years, shows a better statistical survival rate for RFAs on less than 5 cm lesions but not a huge difference. Sharon - In colon_cancer_support , " Joyce " <joybrown@g...> wrote: > Hi Sharon, > Just for the fun of it I just went to the files section and clicked > on the SBRT that posted for me. > I timed it and it took 8 minutes to download. I was beginning to > think it was not going to come up also. It's done on acrobat reader > and it does take a while. I really wish you could access it because > it's very informative and even has pictures. > Check the bottom of your screen and see if it says downloading. > Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Wishing you great success with your upcominig meeting at UV. All my SR treatments cost LESS than the one treatment of CPT-11, 5FU and leuc. that I had the week before the SR. They were not happy @ Roswell when I changed treatment suddenly. It was the best decision that I made. I am still here 5 years later. I learned that I have to advocate for myself. Duke does a lot of SR. Hang in there ... we are all in this together. Take care and God bless. Cliff . . . . " ALL things are possiible. Pass it on. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Thank you, Cliff. Why on earth do the drugs cost so much more, R & D? Whether Medicare will pay for this is also a concern as insurance of any kind does not want to cover much it seems. Though Medicare has done fairly well so far; the supplemental insurance has paid virtually nothing. Just keep up that positive spirit! Sharon > Wishing you great success with your upcominig meeting at UV. All my SR > treatments cost LESS than the one treatment of CPT-11, 5FU and leuc. > that I had the week before the SR. They were not happy @ Roswell when I > changed treatment suddenly. It was the best decision that I made. I am > still here 5 years later. I learned that I have to advocate for myself. > Duke does a lot of SR. Hang in there ... we are all in this together. > Take care and God bless. Cliff . . . . " ALL things are possiible. Pass > it on. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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