Proton therapy
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Many centers offer this type of therapy:
http://www.proton-therapy.org/map.htmThanks for bringing up this therapy. I had not heard of it. Sounds promising. Please keep us up to date on your treatment and all the best to you!
WillowHi All,
Personally I don’t know about Proton therapy but am aware of a place in New Jersey called ProCure – http://www.procure.com – that specializes in Proton therapy. It’s located in Somerset, NJ and also has offices inOklahoma, Seattle and Illinois. If I remember correctly, when I checked it out many months ago, I was not eligible because I had Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT).
A lot of the radiation oncologists that staff the NJ location have done residencies at Memorial Sloan, Mass General and other well known cancer hospitals.
Back in March 2013, I spoke to a surgeon at Memorial Sloan about Proton therapy and he told me it is a step up from radiations such as SBRT – much more precise in targeting the tumors. Memorial Sloan is suppose to be either building or acquiring a building in the NY area, by the hospital, to do Proton therapy. I think 2015 was the date he mentioned to me.
Mary
Danna,
I have a liver Infusion Pump, but not sure if that is what you are talking about. I never had proton therapy with it. At least as far a I know. But if it’s a similar pump, I may become interested in how this is done.
I hope someone else knows of this. If not, please keep us informed, as maybe it’s a new slant on the war against cc!Danna…I hope for others to come around and share experiences with us. In the meantime and if you are up to it, the “Search” function revealed some of the below.
http://www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/punbb/search.php?search_id=588592108&p=3http://www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/punbb/search.php?search_id=588592108&p=2
Hugs,
Marion
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