Postby bitchslapped » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:53 am
CLD, You can read my BFF's CRS/HIPEC experience here:
http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com ... ec#p473261Reading up on HIPEC may help you formulate some qx's. I did provide some links on that post.
Basically @ first appt you are trying to find out if DH is a candidate for HIPEC which w/b determined by PCI (Peritoneal Cancer Index) most likely via laparscopic surgery if he hasn't already had it.
Some example qx's might be:
1. Tx options: 1 line, 2nd line.
2. Targeted immunologic therapies, newly approved or upcoming
3. Where best to find recent studies/breaking news for future
4. Prognosis, Recurrence rate, QOL w/recommended tX
5. If approved for HIPEC, then overall vs progression-free survival specific to DH's dx
6. Timing of tx
7. Tumor profiling
Certainly, you are going to one of the most experienced HIPEC docs in the nation w/Bartlett. I would encourage you to really focus on listening more than anything. These docs are so proficient @ this, they know what patients want to know. JMO
http://hillman.upmc.com/cancer-care/sur ... metastasesLet us know how your appt goes.
Best Wishes
BS
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
Gone From My Sight 2/20/15
Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
Carergver x2 DH,DM dbl occupancy,'03-'10
DH dx 47YO mCRC,'04-'07, lvr, billiary tree fried x HAI
DM dx CC 85YO,CC,CHF,stroke,dementia,aphasia