Lillian,
Thanks, I absolutely will keep you posted as I
move forward and possibly take the RF Oblation
Radiotherapy. I sounds incredible, almost
unbelievable.
I will wait for June's input. It will be
extremely valuable to me.
Thanks again for the networking lead to June.
Dale
lillian jennings wrote:
>
> Dear Dale: It really sounds as though you are really getting some excelent
> advice for your therapy. June, one our molers has had radiosurgery, and I hope
> she responds to you. She said it went very well. I hope you will keep us
> posted on your trials, we could all learn from it. Thanks so much for sharing
> with us and I hope that you will continue to do so. Your friend, Lillian
>
> Dale H. McCallon wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I had a tennis ball sized malignant tumor and 16"
> > of my ascending colon removed on May 2, 1998. The
> > tumor was a poorly differentiated carcinoma. I
> > was advanced and several lesions showed on my
> > liver, confirmed by needle biopsy. The lesions
> > are unresectable at this point.
> >
> > I took two series of 5FU and leucovorin which
> > lasted 13 weeks. I had no response.
> >
> > I looked into cryotherapy at UCLA Medical Center
> > and was rejected due to having too many lesions on
> > my liver.
> >
> > I am currently in an experimental clinical study,
> > called CEA Peptide Pulsed Dendric Cell Vaccine,
> > at USC in Los Angeles. It involves the extraction
> > of my white cells and external treatment to
> > supercharge them. A vaccine is developed from the
> > newly charged white cells and inoculated back onto
> > my system. This process is intended to boost my
> > immune system to allow the treated white cells to
> > more effectively kill the colon cancer cells on my
> > liver. If this is successful and we get shrinkage
> > of the lesions, I am looking into RF Radiotherapy
> > to debulk and kill the lesions on my liver. This
> > is done by the use of probes inserted directly
> > through my skin and into the lesions of the liver
> > using RF waves to burn the tumors. This procedure
> > was developed at Boston Scientific and is now
> > available in several cities in the US.
> >
> > Question: Has anyone had the latter treatment?
> > What was it like? How effective was it for you
> > and did you require surgery later?
> >
> > Question: Does anyone with a similar condition to
> > mine have any leads on alternative treatments that
> > worked for you.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I continue to look for the next
> > treatment in case the current one doesn't work.
> > Time is running out.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your feedback.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dale H. McCallon
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