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Question: My son is in the hospital with cancer it's not in the prostate nor the testicles it's close to the prostate close to the bladder and close to the testicles I don't think that they really have an idea as to wat it is he was a fireman at the world trade center on 911 they haven't tested him for any toxins that could b in his blood stream but there are starting him on bleomycin cisplatin etoposide do you think they are doing the right thing my son is 33 yrs
Brief Answer:
They are wrong and are not following the guidelines
Detailed Answer:
Hey thanks for your faith in the health care Magic
I have gone through your question and I understood your problem.
Your doctor should perform few tests before starting chemotherapy. These tests or "assays" can be performed on pieces of tumors taken directly from patients. They provide information on the likelihood that different types of chemotherapy will provide clinical benefit to the patient.
They go by a number of names including: Human Tumor Assays (the term used by Medicare) Chemosensitivity and Resistance Assays (CSRA's), and Human Tumor Live Cell Assays (HTLCA's).
There is scientific literature documenting the correlation between test results and treatment results. The tests have been shown to identify relatively "good" and relatively "bad" forms of chemotherapy for individual patients. Patients treated with drugs active in the assays have, on average, a 7-fold greater chance of benefiting from treatment with drugs showing good results in the assays compared with treatment with drugs showing poor results in the assays. Benefits from treatment can mean both a response (temporary decrease in size of cancer) and lengthened survival.
I will suggest you to consult with your doctor as soon as possible and get investigated,also determine the exact site of cancer and metastasis if any.Keep in your mind your Doctor cant start chemotherapy without explaining things to you and without your consent.
I hope my answer was helpful for you . Thank you.
DR . XXXXXXX HASABE
They are wrong and are not following the guidelines
Detailed Answer:
Hey thanks for your faith in the health care Magic
I have gone through your question and I understood your problem.
Your doctor should perform few tests before starting chemotherapy. These tests or "assays" can be performed on pieces of tumors taken directly from patients. They provide information on the likelihood that different types of chemotherapy will provide clinical benefit to the patient.
They go by a number of names including: Human Tumor Assays (the term used by Medicare) Chemosensitivity and Resistance Assays (CSRA's), and Human Tumor Live Cell Assays (HTLCA's).
There is scientific literature documenting the correlation between test results and treatment results. The tests have been shown to identify relatively "good" and relatively "bad" forms of chemotherapy for individual patients. Patients treated with drugs active in the assays have, on average, a 7-fold greater chance of benefiting from treatment with drugs showing good results in the assays compared with treatment with drugs showing poor results in the assays. Benefits from treatment can mean both a response (temporary decrease in size of cancer) and lengthened survival.
I will suggest you to consult with your doctor as soon as possible and get investigated,also determine the exact site of cancer and metastasis if any.Keep in your mind your Doctor cant start chemotherapy without explaining things to you and without your consent.
I hope my answer was helpful for you . Thank you.
DR . XXXXXXX HASABE
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