hoping someone can give me some info and recomendations! My sister had occular melanoma 3 years ago ,and was treated with radiation implants to shrink the tumor. She found out last week that she has...
karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology
She contacted Dr Sato at the Wills eye clinic in Phillidelphia.He seems to be the top in the country.You can do a google search for info on him. She was ina double blind clinical trial at the...
karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology
She is in Chicago.SHe was referred to Wills by her oncologist initially. Fortunatly she is able to go where she needs and not just where her insurance dictated.The oncologist she spoke with last week...
karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology
My sister has had a second opinion with another oncologist. He feels she should not wait for treatment and mentiomioned several options other than the Bristol Meyer drug study the first oncologist was...
karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology
Thankyou both for your quick replies ,and good thoughts.I will try to keep you updated. The latest info she got today was that the drug the Dr. fels is most succesful in treating is not going to have...
karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology
Obviously she has and like I said the prognosis is not good.I was hoping some of my peers with expierence in this area had some other options I could research.Most nurses on this site are not so...