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Posted 4/29/2019 12:38 PM (GMT -5)
Guys,
My Dad's onco keeps saying he is going to start Petitium(?) Therapy and he is kind of person you cannot question that much... I suppose it has something to do with Lutetium? Any thoughts?
Posted 4/29/2019 2:15 PM (GMT -5)
Need clarification, although Lutetium therapy seems like a reasonable guess.
If so, the therapy is based on (radioactive) Lu-177 bound to a monoclonal antibody that targets Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA). PSMA is expressed on prostate cancer cells (and a few other cells). The radiation emitted by Lu-177 is supposed to kill the cancerous cells. This approach is relatively new and under active investigation in many institutions in the USA and elsewhere.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc5355374/
Posted 4/29/2019 11:06 PM (GMT -5)
If you are afraid to ask questions of your Onco, I would suggest you fire him. In my 40 years of working with physicians, the really good ones will always answer your questions.

Paul
Posted 4/30/2019 7:36 PM (GMT -5)

PDL17 said...
If you are afraid to ask questions of your Onco, I would suggest you fire him. In my 40 years of working with physicians, the really good ones will always answer your questions.

Paul


Please note that patient Dad is in Iran, I think, and daughter Farz53 is in Canada.

Post Edited (Sr Sailor) : 5/9/2019 5:52:28 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/1/2019 7:03 AM (GMT -5)
Thanks for the link Sailor, chucked it in my library. smile
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