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For Pancreatic Cancer, first undertake Nanoknife (Irreversible Electroporation, IRE), then the Whipple Procedure.
For journal articles on IRE prospects see the publications list at thebottomofhttp://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01369420. describe intervention by Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA), IRE may be expected to produce similar or better results. A fine article on the workings of IREisathttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989557/p
Most IRE and RFA procedures are performed by interventional radiologists, not surgeons. It is better if you can find a surgical oncologist who utilizes the technology, because he will then be able to use it during open surgery as well, and he has better surgery perspectives. A related storyisathttp://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/Genera
Do not waste your time on radiotherapy, such as Cyberknife. It is unlikely to gain any lasting benefit.
Much IRE work has been done at the following institutions:
· Baptist Health,Little Rock,AR:888-227-8478www.baptist-health.com;
· Valley Baptist,Harlingen,Texas 956-389-1854;
· University ofMiami,Sylvester Cancer Center,Florida,https://www.med.miami.edu/patients/sccc_nanoknife.asp;
· PiedmontCancerCenter,Atlanta,GA, 404-425-7925,http://piedmontcancer.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH000418;
· Banner Health Good Samaritan,Phoenix,AZ, 602-839-2000
· Special consideration should be given to Robert Martin, MD, PhD, FACS at theUniversity ofLouisville, 502-629-3355, who is an oncological surgeon.
· To Fred M Moeslein, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Radiology,University ofMaryland,School ofMedicine, who is an aggressive interventional radiologist.
· ToStephen B. Solomon, MD, Chief of the Interventional Radiology,MemorialSloanKetteringCancerCenter.
· ToSandeep Bagla,MD, CVIR Department,InovaAlexandriaHospital,Alexandria,Virginia, who is an interventional radiologist;
· ToSteven J Citron, MD, Radiology Associates ofAtlanta,Atlanta,Georgia.
· The most IRE work on humans, though not Pancreatic, has been done by Dr Govindarajan Narayanan, Chief Vascular Interventional Radiology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine (avoidJose M. Yrizarry, MD, of that institution).
Overall the best institution for Pancreatic Cancer care is MD Anderson Cancer Center inHouston,Texas, but it surprisingly does not utilize IRE as yet. Pancreatic Cancer will metastasize to the liver. Steven A Curley, MD, of MDACC is likely the best liver surgical oncologist in the nation. He is a developer of RFA techniques. RFA, as Dr Curley has recently shown, has a high cancer recurrence rate, which makes it surprising that MDACC has not acquired IRE (Nanoknife) equipment.
Do not hesitate to travel, thinking it inconvenient. Death is far more inconvenient. This cancer is a swiftly moving parade, one misstep, and one cannot go back to take a path forsaken earlier.
One final note: If you are accepted for therapy by an IRE practitioner, and he wishes to delay work to await the outcome of a previous procedure, do not wait. Have the IRE done immediately.
Philip