New surgical option being tested

Tethys41
Tethys41 Member Posts: 1,382 Member
in Ovarian Cancer #1
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120115005039/en

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  • carolenk
    carolenk Member Posts: 907 Member
    #2
    Interesting option
    Thanks for posting the link on freezing cancer tumors to death.

    How many years do you think it will take before such a procedure is not only available in my insurance network but also considered "standard of care?" Sigh...it is encouraging nonetheless.
  • Radioactive34
    Radioactive34 Member Posts: 391 Member
    #3
    carolenk said:

    Interesting option
    Thanks for posting the link on freezing cancer tumors to death.

    How many years do you think it will take before such a procedure is not only available in my insurance network but also considered "standard of care?" Sigh...it is encouraging nonetheless.

    You know that is what I
    You know that is what I think when I read about these new ways to treat or advances in the research....when will our insurance pay for it. It is still a positive thing but...in my life time??

    Though with that thought...in my life time...my father Skyped with my husband. My father is 70 something and from an area that is still tech challenged. He was tickled pink and kept commenting, "Who would have thought that in my life time, I would be chatting on the computer with a man across the world?!?!" He tells all the family and anyone else he meets about it.

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