On 4/13/2008
Flower1 wrote:
Hi Leonard,
Thanks for answering. I hope you and your wife are
still doing well. As you may recall Peter was given 2-3 months, after
the unfinished surgery May last year. He is still with us and doing
quite well. Works 3 full days a week and still plays squash. However we
think the cancer is spreading now; there is a lymfenote in his neck
that seems to be infected.
Regarding the dendritic cell therapy,
a friend of us drew our attention to this. It seems quite successful in
case of a few Pancreas cancer patients. I do not blindly hope for a
miracle, but since this therapy is without side-effects, I am trying to
find out whether it would be an option for Peter. He is still so strong
at this moment that it seems worth, at least, to think about it and try
to get more information.
I also wrote to the doctor concerned, a
Dutchman who works in Cologne in Germany and hope to get an answer on
my question whether or not Klatskin patients have this option. I will
keep you informed if you are interested.
Thanks again for your reaction and wishing you and your wife all the best,
Iris.
I
am currently doing the dendritc cell therapy for breast cancer stage IV
that has spread to the bones. I had completed chemo treatments
when I was first diagnosed 7 years ago with radiation. I also did
cyber knife radiation to the spine last year. My Oncologist
prescribed Zometa and Lupron shots which I did for about a year.
I stopped the ant-hormone and zometa shots due to the side effects and
not being effective. I started to have jaw pain (chronic
infection) from the Zometa.
I started the dendritic cell
therapy Dec. 07. I self adminster the vaccine weekly and have had
no side effects. I went to the Oasis Hospital in Mexico, Issels
Foundation to obtain my vaccine. I spent two days at the hospital
and went home with a 4 month vaccine supply that cost aproximately
$7,500 total. Unfortunatly, medical insurance companies still
consider dendritic cell therapy to be experimental. Although, I
understand it has been FDA approved for T-Lymphoma, just not other
cancers.
You can google Issels Foundation or Oasis
Hospital in Tijuana for more information. I am being optimistic
about the dendritic cell therapy since all other treatments have
failed. I hope this information helps you. I wish you the
best. If you need further information,please feel free to contact
me.