On 10/23/2006 Mike42 wrote:
Hillary, I had 3 mets to the liver and after 3 months of chemo they had shrunk by 50%. They also no longer showed any metabolic uptake on the PET scan, so they could have been dead tissue. However, to make absoultely sure they were dead, I had Radio Frequancy Ablation (RFA)on them. I have been disease free for 2 years now. I was also on one of the newer drugs (Avastin) which may have helped in the remission. My mets were also pretty small to begin with, the largest was about 2.5 cm. Hope this helps. Mike
Dear Mike,
My father, age 64 has liver metasteses, the most life threatening to him at the moment. Do you know how your doctor got the insurance company to approve the use of the new drug, Avastin for you? My father's doctor is in the process of trying to get approval for this use on him. I understand that it is extremely expensive, like $10,000 for 3 treatments.