Is there anyone here who has actually been seen by Myers, Dr. Bob, Amato, Strum, et al.?
Bill
the so-called med-onc artists.
If so, what was your experience, outcome?
Bill/Memphis
ron
Bill...There are a number of people over on the PPML who have been or
are being treated by Drs. Myers and Strum. You might want to
subscribe and post your question there. If interested, use the
following link to go to the PPML Home Page. Once there, you'll see
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...ron
tarhoosier7
Here is one.
The best outcome so far is that I know that my Dr. (Myers) follows me
closely. He is not cramming patients in to maximize insurance
reimbursement since he takes no insurance or Medicare. His time is my
time. He has contacted me four times in 18 months with changes he
wishes due to the monthly testing he follows. This relieves me of any
concern about quality of care. My uro is a fine doctor and diagnosed
me correctly from the git-go but he is a surgeon first. Between visits
with him his attention is elsewhere.
No doctor has magic fairy dust.
Alan Meyer
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> Lot's of talk but I don't recall anyone ever being treated by any of
> the so-called med-onc artists.
>
> If so, what was your experience, outcome?
A friend of mine with terminal PCa was treated by Dr. Myers. His
cancer wasn't discovered and treated until his PSA was 500. His
urologist put him on Lupron and, when that failed a year later,
my friend sought out Dr. Myers.
I never met Dr. Myers but my friend told me about his treatments.
What was unusual, in comparison to what I've heard about other
medical oncologists, was the number of different treatments he
tried. I know he tried at various times all of the following
treatments:
Combinations of regular hormone therapy drugs.
Diethystilbestrol
Ketoconazole
Pomegranate
Resveratrol
Revlimid
Leukine
There may have been others.
Myers monitored him and varied the treatments based on the
response. For example, when my friend had a positive response to
Revlimid but had dangerous looking white blood counts, Myers
changed the dosage to give smaller doses more frequently to see
if he could get around the problems.
Eventually, he ran out of options. My friend then tried
chemotherapy with another oncologist (I don't know if Dr. Myers
doesn't do chemo or what), but it didn't work and he's in hospice
care now.
No one knows how well my friend would have done with another
doctor. But if I had to guess, I'd guess that Myers gave him an
extra year or more that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
Alan