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Ac 225 and affordability

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Doctor has advised my father to undergo treatment with Ac 225 as he thinks Lu 177 won't contain the disease for long.However,the cost of Ac treatment is so high(Rs.4,50,000 per cycle) that we cannot afford even a single cycle for it.

My father does not have any health insurance.Is there any way to get it at an affordable price?We stay in India.

Any ideas would be of great help.☺

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TheTopBanana

There isn’t any studies to apply for? When I googled i found this in India

indianjurol.com/article.asp...

Perhaps possible to contact

Sumit Agrawal

Department of Urology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

India

Ask for any more studies looking for participants?

But I’m new here and not sure how everything works so just a though!

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Vsahay in reply toTheTopBanana

Thanks for the useful information😊shall try to contact dr sumit asap

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TheTopBanana in reply toVsahay

Hope he can help you! I know that my mother was sick she were able to try som new medications through accepting to be in studies!

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TheTopBanana

Also found that this person has been involved in studies!

marham.pk/doctors/lahore/ra...

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Tall_Allen

Before you spend a lot of money on a therapy that may do nothing for him, he should have both a PSMA PET scan and an FDG PET scan.

prostatecancer.news/2019/12...

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Vsahay in reply toTall_Allen

He has already had psma scan and there are psma avid metastases

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Tall_Allen in reply toVsahay

Good. That's half the info you need. The other part is supplied by an FDG PET scan.

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Magnus1964

Have you tried the Patient Access Network? They provide cost relief if you qualify. His doctor would be the one to contact them. If he/she won't, look them on the web and call yourself.

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Fairwind

These new cancer treatments get a lot of media coverage and internet chatter but actually getting the treatment, unless your are a millionaire can be next to impossible..There is healthcare for the rich and then there is healthcare for the rest of us....

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j-o-h-n

450,000 Rupees = $5,967.47 if I did the conversion correctly. That's a lot of Roti in any language.... I wish you all good Kismet....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Monday 06/08/2020 5:37 PM DST

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