Alberta's advanced prostate cancer patients are hopeful that a new type of radiation treatment will soon be made available to the general public following a series of successful clinical trials.
Alberta's advanced prostate cancer patients are hopeful that a new type of radiation treatment will soon be made available to the general public following a series of successful clinical trials."This really harnesses the power of radioactive atoms," said Dr. Steven Yip, a medical oncologist at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and RLT expert.
Now, in Stage 4, he recently received his first RLT treatment as part of a clinical trial just three weeks ago, but had to travel to Burnaby, B.C., to access the treatment."I guess, like everybody else, you're kind of shocked when you find out you have cancer, but I'm trying to have a positive mindset" Pfahl said.
Past clinical trials, however, have already shown RLT's effectiveness, leading to Health Canada approving Pluvicto – the radioactive drug that kills the targeted cancer cells – in August 2022 for patients whose prostate cancer has spread and chemotherapy has failed. "There are some programs in which patients might have to consider going out of province, but even still, even those patients in other provinces where it is accessible, it still means that patients are potentially having to pay out of pocket – and certainly that isn't something that I want to support.
"We live on a ranch in southern Alberta, so it's a three hour drive to Calgary, and then an hour flight, and then I have to stay in Burnaby or Vancouver or wherever, so just the cost of travel and the cost of staying, it would sure be nice if there was a place in Alberta to get this care." "Alberta's government is committed to exploring innovative treatments," said LaGrange in an emailed statement.
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