On the right is an excerpt from a speech Dr. Chris Wood delivered at a Kidney Cancer Association Patient Conference. This is a text excerpt from the last few moments of his speech that specifically deals with my situation, a recurrence in the renal fossa. I’m very encouraged by what I read here and by the remainder of his speech.
He is certainly the gold standard for robotic surgery to aggressively confront metastatic recurrence of renal cell cancer. I have also attached information about him. He is the doctor we’d like to be able to see at M. D. Anderson, along with Genitourinary Medical Oncologist Dr. Eric Jonasch
I am in the process of working with the John B. Amos Cancer Center to collect records to send out to M. D. Anderson Center. We are shooting for an appointment within the next two weeks.
If you’re interested in seeing Dr. Wood’s entire speech here is a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns7qDbn_0_E&feature=player_embedded&list=PLCD4CBA38CA4AC271#!
Dr. Chris Wood:
http://faculty.mdanderson.org/Christopher_Wood/Default.asp?SNID=1980221595
Dr. Eric Jonasch
http://faculty.mdanderson.org/Eric_Jonasch/
Thanks for posting this info, Mike. More surgery doesn’t sound appealing until you look at the good outcomes outlined here. I know you are ready & willing to go at it w/all four feet, as my grandfather used to say. Good luck w/M. D. Anderson. I’ll be looking forward to your next update. Love you so much. xo
You are in great hands. Prayers continue!!!
Thanks for sharing, Mike. If it’s the same Dr. Christopher Wood, I met him six years ago when Dad was first diagnosed with stage IV renal cell carcinoma. He did Dad’s nephrectomy at MD Anderson. I asked him how many kidneys he had removed and he replied, “Too many.” I pushed the point and he said about 2,000. He removed Dad’s kidney and a football-sized tumor. I carried Dr. Wood’s business card in my wallet for five years. I am leaving in the morning for Columbus because Dad is likely in his final hours. He got to know Houston, TX too well. I would love to see you and Jill one day soon.