Reply With QuoteBut he does have a nice article on wiener & testicular cancer:
http://www.dcmsonline.org/jax-medici...malignancy.htm
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I meet with an Urologists surgeon today who has preformed the RPLND procedure on hundreds of patients. Is there anyone who has used this doctor for this procedure, and if so, what are your opinions about him?
Dr. Inoel Rivera
Winter Park Urology
Orlando, Florida
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But he does have a nice article on wiener & testicular cancer:
http://www.dcmsonline.org/jax-medici...malignancy.htm
Let's Go Mets! sigh...
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I found that same article. The practice he belongs to is the same practice that performed my orchiectomy two weeks ago. I am waiting to hear from Dr. Einhorn on his recommendation, whether this surgery is simple enough for Dr. Rivera to preform, or if I should goto Dr. Foster
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Dear Am...
You are smart to try and make sure your doctor has the experience to do this highly complex surgery. It is not something that everyone can do. There are to many ways it can go wrong. I would suggest that only Dr. S for Dr F do the surgery. Dr. F did Les' surgery. When I ask Dr E about a local doctor that did the surgery he said it was important that only doctors that did this surgery lots do the surgery. If I am not mistaken Dr. F does about 300 a year. Good luck..
Love,
Pam
Son Les diagnosed 5/7/07-Right I/0 5/9/07-Stage 3C Non-seminoma Mixed Cell Germ Tumor-Tumors in liver, lungs, lymph nodes, brain-4XBED Finished 7/31/07 HCG 9 tumors smaller, brain lesion gone-9/30/07 HCG 999-TIPx4 started 10/2/07, IU 11/29 Told he had Choriocarcinoma Syndrome HDC and Stem Cell Transplant to begin 1/3/08 Finished Transplant 3/1/08 HDC and Stem Cell Transplant Failure 3/20. 4/17 RPLND & Liver resection, Molecular profiling of tumor, 6/2 Hospice Services- Passed Away 12/12/08
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I looked for Dr Rivera on the TC expert link below and did not see his name, or a Florida based TC Center of Excellence -
http://www.acor.org/TCRC/experts.html
I am sure if he has done hundred's of RPLND's he would be well known to Dr Einhorn and you are wise to ask his opininion.
Manoj
09.29.07 - visit to ER with severe pain
10.08.07 - Dx with TC
10.10.07 - Rt I/O. Dx - 90% EC, 10 % yolk sac tumor, less than 1% immature teratoma & choriocarcinoma
11.21.07 - (day before Thanksgiving) NS RPLND @ MSKCC
11.28.07 - Return back home, recieve lab report. 86 lymph nodes removed - all clear. Begin Surveillance
04.10.08 - 2 cm nodule detected in lungs
04.28.08 - Starting 4XEP
07.03.08 - 4XEP complete
end-Sept - CT Scan scheduled
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I agree with the rest of this advice.
We looked all across the country....Many experieced urologic surgeons do 5-10 RPLNDs per year.
Foster and Sheinfeld do over 200 each per year. By any account it is a complex surgery...so please reseach thoroughly.
Stage III Non-Seminoma- 7/11/06
Right I/O 7/12/06
Completed 4x BEP 11/06
Bi-Lateral RPLND (Dr. Shenifeld)- 11/27/06
Surveillance since then
When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong.
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