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Pre-Treatment Options => Pre-Treatment Options => Topic started by: Freelander on April 16, 2018, 09:48:38 am

Title: Existing drug may halt growth of AN
Post by: Freelander on April 16, 2018, 09:48:38 am

FYI

https://www.masseyeandear.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/mifepristone-may-halt-growth-of-intracranial-tumor-that-causes-hearing-loss

Title: Re: Existing drug may halt growth of AN
Post by: ColleenS on May 24, 2018, 02:14:30 pm

Looks promising!

Title: Re: Existing drug may halt growth of AN
Post by: Joan Mingo on May 28, 2018, 07:30:43 pm

Interesting article. Definitely does sound promising. Probably be even longer before it's approved in Canada.

Title: Re: Existing drug may halt growth of AN
Post by: leapyrtwins on June 08, 2018, 11:15:44 am

Key word here is "MIGHT". 

The world "might" end tomorrow.

If you have an AN that a doc says needs to be treated surgically or with radiation, don't rely on a drug that "might" halt it's growth.

Just my two cents worth based on the fact that people can be in denial when they're told surgery or radiation are their only options.

Jan