Ablation or cyber knife? Decisions
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After consulting with the surgeon again, he suggested moving forward with the cyber knife. My husband is having the fiducial markers placed as I type this. It took a while (too long in my opinion) to get all the approvals in place, but at least now the process has started. The oncologist also started him on capcitabine. So far, he’s been tolerating it well.
Let’s hope this thing works.
surfer…..Not sure what I would do either, but Percy came to mind. He was a big proponent of ablation, hence thought to enclose this link:
http://www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/punbb/viewtopic.php?pid=84582#p84582You might also want to use the “search” function and see what else may pop up.
Postings have a tendency to get lost in the particular threads – don’t hesitate from reposting this question as many times as needed.
Hopefully others will chime in as well.Hugs,
MarionDear Surfer, I cannot offer advise except to tell you my husband had Cyber Knife and it was great.
The prep is easy as is the C.K. and is done with in a few days. The only side effect Teddy had was 1 week of tiredness. I remember we were shown a video before making our decision and perhaps they can show you a video on both procedures. Know that the decision you make is the right one
and I am wishing you a ton of luck!!!We heard back from the cedars team and they offered ablation as an option to treat my husband’s small tumors that showed up on his 6month post resection surgery.
The other option that was offered by our local group is cyber knife.
I don’t know which is better/more effective. I’m kind of lost as to how to make a decision on this. Any input is appreciated.
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