SIRT Spheres for Liver tumours

Darwin · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: SIRT Spheres for Liver tumours

Hi All
If you live In Australia Medicare is now paying for this treatment. Previously it cost AUD$20,000 so this is wonderful news! Another very effective treatment option that now won't break the bank balance.
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In Perth Western australia - Ex husband's diagnosis was January 2006, stage IV bowel cancer with mets to liver and lungs. March 2006 Bowel re-section, then two+ years of continuous chemo, folfox then folfirri with two years of Avastin. Then MAX chemo. Had radiation to pelvic area and radioactive SIRT spheres injected through the portal vein into the liver. Prognosis 22 months he lived for 36 months and did a few very long road trips in that time which he enjoyed.

codesmith · Regular Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Posts: 36

hi there Darwin,

i live in sydney australia and you mean to say this 20k procedure is covered under medicare? does this mean its completely free or does it mean i get a medicare refund of some percentage?

Darwin

I can only tell you what happened to John. he had private health cover and in Perth this procedure is only done in two of the private hosiptals Hollywood Hospital by a doctor called Joe Cardarci and in The Mount Hospital by another doctor.

John's had to go in for a day procedure to see if he was a suitable candidate for the SIRT spheres and he was. For that he had refunds from HBA and medicare and still had a very small gap to pay for the local anthethetic and the x rays.

He was suitable so then he was in hospital overbnight with more x rays etc and he again had a small gap after his medicare and HBA refunds.

Ig you find a doctor in Sydney who does this procedure I am sure you could get a quote. John's gap for everything was about $500 I think. He had so many treatments it is hard to remember.

Best wishes
If you want any more info send me a pm and I will answer your questions as best I can.
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In Perth Western australia - Ex husband's diagnosis was January 2006, stage IV bowel cancer with mets to liver and lungs. March 2006 Bowel re-section, then two+ years of continuous chemo, folfox then folfirri with two years of Avastin. Then MAX chemo. Had radiation to pelvic area and radioactive SIRT spheres injected through the portal vein into the liver. Prognosis 22 months he lived for 36 months and did a few very long road trips in that time which he enjoyed.

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