Looking for a good MO specializing in prostate cancer treatment.

[Timmer1967]

I have been receiving treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for the last 3 years. Urologist is Matthew Tollefson. As psa is just starting to rise after radiation therapy, 6 months of Lupron and a 6 month period of being undetectable, I am thinking that I should have a good MO involved. Any recommendations at Mayo or within 6-8 hours drive from central Illinois?

[Survivor1965]

Hello, I saw Dr Eugene Kwon at Rochester Mayo for 4 years. He is an urologist but works very closely with several great oncologists. As far as Im concerned Dr Kwon is a rockstar.

He is very good at tailoring treatments for individual cases. Look him up on Youtube and consider it.

[Timmer1967 in reply to Survivor1965]

Thanks for your response. Do you currently have a MO or are you still working just with Dr. Kwon?

[Survivor1965 in reply to Timmer1967]

We moved to Phx so I changed Mayo's, and Kwon referred me to an Onc here. But when I was at Rochester he controlled every treatment and made all the decisions. Hes very good at individualizing treatment plans to each separate individual. He is not a "standard of care" guy. Im living proof that hes an incredible doctor.

He also has the C-11 choline scan that he developed and brought to the FDA for approval. I know some here may not agree but that scan pinpointed lesions in my body to they could attack them early, be it chemo, hormones, radiation, or in my case cryoablasion.

[Danish-patient Moderator in reply to Survivor1965]

It’s wonderful to hear about oncologists that take this aggressive approach to treatment. I am confident it is the way to successfully treating us young patients.

[Survivor1965 in reply to Danish-patient]

Yes hes very aggressive. When I first started with him I was pretty sick, and he began telling me what he wanted to do to me, and told me he wanted to throw a nuclear bomb on a dandelion.

[Danish-patient Moderator in reply to Survivor1965]

Ha ha!

I like that doctor

[veteransurvivor]

My Oncologist, since 2011, is Dr. Elisebeth Heath, Head of Prostate Cancer Research at Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. I have been very pleased with the team at Karmanos.

[Timmer1967 in reply to veteransurvivor]

Thanks for your reply.

[veteransurvivor]

If you decide to make an appointment, let me know.

Veteran Survivor

[MrWonderful4U]

Where in Central IL are you located? My cancer and treatment is quite similar. I have a MO that specializes in prostate cancer at Illinois Cancer Care in Peoria.

[MrWonderful4U]

illinoiscancercare.com/doct...

[Timmer1967 in reply to MrWonderful4U]

Thanks for the recommendation. Yes, our situations are quite similar except my psa is now doubling every 4 months. It was . 54 six weeks ago. I am going to Mayo on October 25 for a Gallium PSMA PET/CT. Hopefully, the disease can be located. I live near Eureka, IL.

[MrWonderful4U in reply to Timmer1967]

Good luck with the scan. FYI - I’m in Metamora.👍