Dad headed to Duke today to have his 2nd opinion oncologist appointment. Dad was very satisfied and said the MD went over all aspects of staging and all other variables of the cancer and explained all courses and all down sides. The 1st major point he explained to Dad was that there was 'no cancer in' him, which 'almost put me in a good mood'. Something I could see Dr. Weiss saying.
He did go on to tell Dad that without chemo there is an 80% chance of reoccurance, and even after there is a 20% chance of reoccurance. The chemo regimen that was described in Charlotte was the same as Duke. He did agree the drug trail was good if Dad would qualify. Results from pathology are still pending, so not sure if he qualifies or not. Depends on whether or not a mutated gene is present.
If he does not qualify he wants to go to Duke for Chemo. I think Dad said that it would be every three weeks for 6 months.
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