A few days after my oncologist recommended chemotherapy, I called him back with a bunch of questions: what health precautions should I take during the treatment, what sort of diet should I be on, should I sperm bank, etc.
I also asked him about the chemo. regimen I'll be on: Etoposide, or VP-16, cisPlatin, Bleomycin, and Neulasta if needed. Specifically I asked him why these drugs and dosages? He said the treatment comes from Dr. Einhorn, one of the leading authorities on testicular cancer and treatment in the United States.
So I looked the dude up.
Lawrence Einhorn teaches at Indiana University. In 1974, he developed a chemotherapy regimen that literally turned the mortality rate of this disease upside down.
In the early 1970s, testicular cancer patients had a 90 percent mortality rate. mortality rate = chance of dying. Today, the survival rate is 95 percent.
All of this happened within my life time (well, add about five years).
Thanks Dr. Einhorn.
And for the record, Dr. Einhorn was part of the medical team that treated Lance Armstrong.
I also asked him about the chemo. regimen I'll be on: Etoposide, or VP-16, cisPlatin, Bleomycin, and Neulasta if needed. Specifically I asked him why these drugs and dosages? He said the treatment comes from Dr. Einhorn, one of the leading authorities on testicular cancer and treatment in the United States.
So I looked the dude up.
Lawrence Einhorn teaches at Indiana University. In 1974, he developed a chemotherapy regimen that literally turned the mortality rate of this disease upside down.
In the early 1970s, testicular cancer patients had a 90 percent mortality rate. mortality rate = chance of dying. Today, the survival rate is 95 percent.
All of this happened within my life time (well, add about five years).
Thanks Dr. Einhorn.
And for the record, Dr. Einhorn was part of the medical team that treated Lance Armstrong.
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