I spoke at some length with the trial coordinator in Houston regarding participating in peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, or PRRT. Right now we are in a holding pattern while the Houston folks contact my doctors and get the medical records. From what the trial coordinator told me, there is a success rate of 80 percent (!) from this treatment, but when I asked her to clarify what that meant, she couldn't really tell me. Apparently people who have been in the same dire situation as me have gone in, had the treatment, and went immediately into remission. As much as I'd like to believe that, I'm a bit skeptical of those numbers and that description. The Erasmus University site that I linked to in my previous post claims a success rate of around 45 percent. That seems far more reasonable, but who knows.
When I get more information, I will let you know. For those of you who have asked, this is NOT connected with M.D. Anderson, although this doctor was the previous head of nuclear medicine there.
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