Hi Peter,

We are in Melbourne, Australia. My 34 y.o. brother was (eventually) put forward as a candidate for S.I.R.T., at a projected cost of about A$6,000, in September last year. He underwent a full day of testing to determine whether he was suitable. From what I read, they don't bother to do the treatment if the patient only has six weeks or less to live. In fact, they found that my brother's hepatic artery was already blocked by his cancer, so they would have been unable to administer the treatment. I was relieved as one paper I read described the implanting of the shunt that delivers the spheres as "major surgery". My brother had already endured far too much by that stage. They had known about his cancer, stage IV bowel cancer, metastatic to the liver (inoperable), for six months before S.I.R.T. was mentioned as a possibility. This treatment should have been offered much earlier, I don't understand why it wasn't. My brother died just a few weeks later.

Hello Peter,

My prayers are with you.

I would like to suggest an alternative medicine. Immunocal or HMS90. This is a natural based protein supplement that will raise your glutathione level which will in turn boost your immune system so you can fight off virus and bacteria and cancer...

Please be patient as I explain to you the following...

What is Glutathione? Glutathione is the body's essential health A.I.D-It stands for Antioxidant,Immune booster and Detoxifier.

As you know,we are continually inhaling and ingesting natural and synthetic toxins. They are unavoidable in these modern times,both in our polluted cities and our engineered food supplies. When the body has its health and nourishment it needs, it works tirelessly to eliminate toxins and protect itself,but increasing levels of environmental pollution are depleting its stores of glutathione more and more rapidly.

This is where the correlation is. Our liver is the main organ of detoxification. The body's most concentrated source of glutathione. Studies show that, low glutathione levels lead to poor liver function,causing more and more toxins to circulate through the body and resulting in damage to individual cells and organs.

This is the main function of Immunocal or HMS90. This a natural based protein supplement that is easy to take. It is to be taken daily either consumed with food or with a cold drink. The quantity to be taken depends on the severity of the illness or the age of the individual(Healthy people are also taking it to keep their immune system boosted.).

Why put something in your body that can cause side effects?

If you require further information on the following, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

My prayers are with you,

Regards,

Bnice

Regarding SIR-spheres:

My dad has had a treatment in each lobe. Doc said the PET scan looked "good" a month after 1st treatment. He'll get 2nd scan in a couple of weeks.

Are you planning on having it done?

Dad was not a candidate for resection or Radio Frequency Ablation. This procedure is intended to add time and quality of life.

My father had this procedure performed at Durham Regional Hospital by Dr. Cirillo. He has stage iv colon cancer which spread in his liver. Our cancer doctor gave him six months to a year to live and he had failed many chemotherapy including oxaliaplatinum and cpt-11 and recently xeloda. He had a angiogram done in durham and they treated his liver the following week. They made him get a pet scan which showed cancer all throughout his liver. His cea level was 569. Dr. Cirillo did the sirspheres and my father did fine afterwards. He was very very tired, but we were told what to expect from Dr. Cirillo. His next pet scan showed that his cancer had all gone away. We are going to get another pet scan in two months. If it wasnt for this treatment, my father would not be alive. I have heard of other centers not treating patients since they are too sick or they have the wrong cancer. Dr. Cirillo told us that they would treat anyone with any type of cancer that gets into the liver. He told us that the only time he could not treat someone is when they are jaudiced. We really liked the care that we got from Dr. Cirillo. We had also seen another physician in raleight, north carolina for the same thing but we did not like this group and they told us that they did not think that they could help us with the amount of tumor that my father had. They apparently had only done a few of these cases and it seems that the physicians in durham had done some of the most cases in the country. Unfortunately, our cancer doctor didn't know about this treatment and I really think that this is wrong. We had doctors telling us that they could not do anything for my father but they were wrong and my father could have died. I hope this helps someone, since we had to search the internet to find this hope and cure. If anyone knows anyone that has this cancer or other liver cancer, look at the sirsphers web page. it is www.sirtex.com. We really liked Dr. Cirillo and his group. His number is 866-309-6300 and this is a free telephone call the other number is 919-471-0215. God bless and I hope that this will save someone's life like it did my father. Write back with any questions about this therapy since we have already lived through this whole ordeal.

p tracy