Hi, the doctor in PA is Dr. Ahrendt and his nurse's name is Louise, her number is 412-358-3254. She will be able to help you. Let me know if you need anymore info.
Good luck and God Bless
On 5/27/2008
SamuelK wrote:
I am looking for specialists in IPHC. Would you provide the name of the doctor in Pittsburgh or any others you may know of.
Thanks,
K. Hahn
On 8/2/2007
Basketballmom wrote:
Hi Pauline, my husband was diagnosed just over 5 years ago with the same cancer. There is hope! There are some awesome doctors here in the States. M.D. Anderson in Texas in one of the leading hospitals in the country that handles this type of cancer. There are none in our area so we traveled to Pittsburgh, PA for a radical surgery called IPHC (intraperitanel heated chemotherapy profusion). If you google IPHC you should be able to find out some info on it. The doctors here said there is no treatment, which is true, but there are some things they can do to help. Is the cancer only on the bladder? That's were my husbands started out. They removed 20% of his bladder 5 years ago and had clean CT scans for the past 5 years until last November. He had a tumor in the soft tissue of his abdomin. When the doctor opened him up to remove the tumor he found that the cancer had spread to his peritoneal lining of his abdomin. That's when we did the IPHC treatment. It's very radical but we are hoping it helped him. He starts chemo on Monday Aug 6.
If you'd like to talk, I'm here. I know how scary this is. My husband is only 45.
My prayers go out to your family.