Chemosaturation and ablation treatment
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Chemosaturation and ablation treatment

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    • September 1, 2015 at 5:59 pm
    Scooby123
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    Hi, have been looking at ways of getting rid of tumours in liver, lungs. I know mel pops up everywhere. Has anyone had this kind of treatment or knows much if it is suitable for us guys coping with mel.when I have read about it, it does state tumours that have spread to other parts of organs. Not sure if due to still having cancer in lymph nodes would still be able to have it done. Just a thought on other ways of treating this horrible disease. 

    I know if you guys are stable it's usually watch wait see what happens. With scans but surly you would want to keep trying to get rid of it all.

    might be talking a load of rubbish but am just looking at any way possible in treating this disease. I live in Uk and we do not have combo treatments here. I am not braf ippi was my first treatment 50% reduction in tumours having another scan this Friday 4 weeks prior to my first scan after ippi due to my consultant had applied for keytruda for me but was not hoping we get it but he has. Due to my response to ippi he is scanning me early for changers due to cannot hold the treatment for me which I think it's stupid due to do not have much choices. Do not want to go on a chemo trial

    Scooby

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      • September 1, 2015 at 10:00 pm
      arthurjedi007
      Participant

      I had radio frequency ablation to my t10 vertebrae. Basically they have to make a couple small incisions then they hold the probes that they put in. I already had that spot radiated twice so had to try something else. So it really depends on whether they can get the probes to the tumor. Now cryo ablation has different probes that are straight. There is also microwave ablation but I dunno about that. Might be other types as well.

      For the liver they can do other things as well. Like an embolism, internal radiation.

      Not sure about the lungs though. That seems like a more tricky area to do the ablation probes. My mayo doc was only about 6 in the world that does spine ablation including one in France he mentioned. Maybe someone does lung ablation but I dunno.

      Artie

        • September 1, 2015 at 10:10 pm
        Scooby123
        Participant

        Thanks Artie seeing my consultant next Friday so will have a chat with him.

        take care and hope all goes well for you hun.

        scooby

        • September 1, 2015 at 10:10 pm
        Scooby123
        Participant

        Thanks Artie seeing my consultant next Friday so will have a chat with him.

        take care and hope all goes well for you hun.

        scooby

        • September 1, 2015 at 10:10 pm
        Scooby123
        Participant

        Thanks Artie seeing my consultant next Friday so will have a chat with him.

        take care and hope all goes well for you hun.

        scooby

      • September 1, 2015 at 10:00 pm
      arthurjedi007
      Participant

      I had radio frequency ablation to my t10 vertebrae. Basically they have to make a couple small incisions then they hold the probes that they put in. I already had that spot radiated twice so had to try something else. So it really depends on whether they can get the probes to the tumor. Now cryo ablation has different probes that are straight. There is also microwave ablation but I dunno about that. Might be other types as well.

      For the liver they can do other things as well. Like an embolism, internal radiation.

      Not sure about the lungs though. That seems like a more tricky area to do the ablation probes. My mayo doc was only about 6 in the world that does spine ablation including one in France he mentioned. Maybe someone does lung ablation but I dunno.

      Artie

      • September 1, 2015 at 10:00 pm
      arthurjedi007
      Participant

      I had radio frequency ablation to my t10 vertebrae. Basically they have to make a couple small incisions then they hold the probes that they put in. I already had that spot radiated twice so had to try something else. So it really depends on whether they can get the probes to the tumor. Now cryo ablation has different probes that are straight. There is also microwave ablation but I dunno about that. Might be other types as well.

      For the liver they can do other things as well. Like an embolism, internal radiation.

      Not sure about the lungs though. That seems like a more tricky area to do the ablation probes. My mayo doc was only about 6 in the world that does spine ablation including one in France he mentioned. Maybe someone does lung ablation but I dunno.

      Artie

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