Case study about treating mets with surgery to prolong life

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Alicethecat
Alicethecat Member Posts: 535
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

Hello everyone

Interesting case study?

 http://shortreports.rsmjournals.com/content/3/4/26

Best wishes

Alice

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  • Omaz
    Omaz Member Posts: 5,497
    edited August 2012
    Alice - Makes sense to me.  Thanks for posting the link
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  • Heidihill
    Heidihill Member Posts: 5,476
    edited August 2012

    Thanks for sharing.  Seven years with metastatic disease (up to the study publication), resection on 3 organs and still with a good quality of life. Amazing.

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited August 2012

    Very important information for Patients to know - especially if dealing with a 'negative' oncologist who says there is nothing more we can do but give you drugs...... 

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  • Alicethecat
    Alicethecat Member Posts: 535
    edited August 2012

    Hello Omaz and CP

    Thank you very much for your comments.

    I hesitated posting this link because this lady has been through a lot of treatment and some may think this is not a positive case study. On the other hand, she is alive!

    In addition,on some threads and websites I have read, some posters are saying that their onc does not use surgery for this stage.

    Thank you, CP for your comment.

    Best wishes

    Alcie

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited August 2012

    Alice - Yes, I hear you. This patient has been through more hell than many of us can imagine.  She is indeed a walking miracle at 18 years survival!!  What I applaud about this article is that she was given the CHOICE to continue fighting this horrible disease.  Her doctors did not give up on her metastatic status but offered her surgical options.  Maybe she was treated like a single patient clinical trial?  (It does make me wonder about her insurance company.)  She was ALLOWED to decide to pursue more aggressive treatments.  Many doctors would never have discussed or considered these treatments with this patient.  Some would have sent her home without her knowing maybe more could be done????  I applaud her doctors and I applaud her courage - - maybe not the right choice for everyone.  There is no doubt that very valuable treatment information was learned from her journey which may benefit others like her.  Wishing her many more years of life!!!

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