Hello all who venture here. I am an advanced prostate cancer patient. The VA has me listed as a 100% disabled Agent Orange cancer victim.
I am an informed patient and have refused VA funded IMRT because of its poor precision (causing secondary cancers) and weak energy which knocks out only a single strand of DNA which is quickly repaired. Particle Beam therapy (proton therapy) is more precise and much more powerful. I write this in 2010 in a state (California) that has proton therapy which some feel is 5X more expensive then conventional IMRT/IGIMRT. The VA system STILL uses IMRT as well as the DOD. The DOD has just funded a new proton therapy center in Hampton, Virginia. The VA denials should get interesting. By the way, the VA trains 50% of the Doctors in the US and is the world's largest medical provider. I am interested in keeping them honest and using the most up-to-date medical techniques. I am working to help keep cancer and related topics i.e., chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and immunotherapy updated with particular emphasis on following the wiki medical guidelines and explaination for the lay reader. I also understand the corruption that occurred in the DNDN mess. The sad part of this matter is the bizarre political actions of those who stand to lose business by the curing of cancer. Even the Cartoon "Non Sequiter" has jokes about the perpetual funding industry.
I am a retired Aircraft Techician and have commented on the DU issue as it related to industry. I have an FAA Aircraft and Powerplant license and an FCC General Radio Operators License with a Radar Endorsement. I have an out-of-date pilot's license and an expired Drivers' Instructor's License. I also have worked in investments with an NASD series 6,22 and 63 license. I have an unused ca. real estate license. I retired from the USAF Reserve (Ca Air National Guard) where I was a crypto Technician. I was in the US Army from Feb64 to DEC66 and served in a helicopter company in South Vietnam. (A Co., 71st Assault Helicopter Co., Bien Hoa, Vietnam) My son, an MMA champion, has a wikipedia page which I monitor but haven't edited.
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Just as building a car by hand is very expensive; getting a production (mass produced) car reduces the price. This is also called the gold plated version.
- First, you must demonstrate that your product works; price is not the issue.
- Then you can start to make it work at a reasonable price. This should be the case with DNDN vaccine production. Will they be able to use the same factory for other CTV's like Neuvenge?
Will the technology work on more of the over 70+ human cancers? Will a competing technology supercede DNDN's tech? Will a secondary method be developed using a CTV? National Cancer Institute (NCI) was formed in 1937; (That is the last four of their phone number 1-800-nci-1937). Provenge is the first FDA approved CTV to arrive. Most of what they are doing will be a new use of technology.