Actinium-225 in Turkey or India?

[cancervictim]

Would be very greatful if anyone could share recent experience receiving Ac-225 in Turkey or India. Thanks so much!!

[TrulyDuchess]

Made 3 trips with my husband to Turkiye at Anadolu in 2023 for Lu-177 with Dr Kezban. Amazing doctor, hospital, country, people , culture, food! Highly recommend if this treatment is recommended in your case. Please feel free to message me with any specific questions you may have. All the best to you!!

[Spinel_Cutter in reply to TrulyDuchess]

Be careful, “For over a year, there has been no import of Actinium-225, a key radioactive isotope used in cancer treatment, due to the war in Ukraine, leading medical institutions in India to look for less effective alternatives.” (use the verbiage to search). Or, “Due to the recent situation in Ukraine, Japan is facing difficulties in obtaining 226Ra, which is the raw material of 225Ac, from Russia.”

See pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articl...

Next to me, on my desk, are two hand-held spectroscopes used in gemology. One costs twice as much as the other, the difference: One has the word “Wollensak,” on it, and costs twice as much, as the other.

Wollensak invented the iris diaphragm and the leaf shutter for cameras. His factory was one of the very best in the world, legendary for optics, right up there with Zeiss. Well, that spectroscope bears his name, but it is not, “old stock,” nor is it anywhere near the quality of spectroscopes that was made many decades ago. What it is is simply a copy, a fake, a lie. And today, I'm sending it back. Welcome to India! Be careful, what you get may not be what you think you are getting!

What you get may be, “well, this is just as good.” From my short experience with India I’d say: Look to Turkey! (I was in Mumbai, last year for a few weeks, for classes)

I’d ask for chain of custody showing where the Actinium-225 came from. I’d also lean towards a major medical center, and avoid, at all costs, smaller clinics.

There is this: (Note: It opens only in Firefox, the website does not open correctly in Chrome, YMMV)

us-uk.bookimed.com/offer-pr...

“Flight included, $13,000.”

I suggest that you go to perplexity.ai and ask the ai: “what is the cost of prostate cancer actinium-225 psma in turkey.” You’ll be very surprised at how efficient that (sort of) ai is. Ask and if you don’t like the answer, chide it, scold it, and ask again. The ai is trained to always defer to: “ask your doctor,” sort of crap. Interestingly it does respond to being scolded, and then gives you straight answers.

Very neat and very promising stuff that Actinium-225 is. It’s bad to have PCa, but it’s good to be living in a time where things like PSMA and actinium-225 are now being used.

Best of luck.

[cancervictim in reply to Spinel_Cutter]

thank you for your input

[Spinel_Cutter in reply to TrulyDuchess]

Mind sharing what your trip(s) all-inclusive, ended up costing? For many, that's the limiting factor.

[TrulyDuchess in reply to Spinel_Cutter]

3 trips all inclusive about $50k. That was 2 years ago. I believe prices have significantly increased since that time. Best wishes to you..

[Spinel_Cutter]

Thank you, I hope that I don't ever need that, I'm poor(ish) and $50k is quite a lot.

[God_Loves_Me]

In India now they do mix Actinium-225 + Pluvicto that's work really well

[cancervictim in reply to God_Loves_Me]

do you know anyone who has had that treatment in India?

[God_Loves_Me in reply to cancervictim]

Search in group.. somebody’s posted here.. Let me know if you don’t find