Cancer Survivor Spreads Word About Treatment That Stopped Disease

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s been a agelong 3 years of doc visits, surgeries, and aggregate rounds of chemotherapy for 63-year-old Peter Romero.

“After a period I was clean, came backmost aft 3 months, that was close earlier Christmas, and spots showed backmost up connected the liver,” said Romero.

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What started arsenic colon crab successful 2018 yet pb to spots connected his liver. But Romero says helium recovered a therapy that worked and he’s determined to fto different crab patients cognize astir it. In July 2020, Romero was 1 of the archetypal patients successful the portion to acquisition targeted crab therapy directed astatine the liver done a pump implanted nether the skin. Now, conscionable successful clip for the holidays, he’s crab free.

“It’s a concentrated mode of giving chemotherapy to the liver and avoiding the broadside effects of getting it done the vein,” said Dr. Sepideh Gholami.

Dr. Gholami astatine UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, is 1 of the the fewer oncology surgeons performing hepatic artery infusions successful the country. Romero is present 1 of her occurrence stories.

“My woman and I benignant of person a antithetic spot successful our bosom for her,” said Romero.

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The 2 met up connected Zoom with CBS13 for a peculiar reunion and a accidental to dispersed the connection astir the targeted crab therapy.

“It’s conscionable important to maine to get the connection retired and I honestly don’t deliberation determination are capable providers that are alert of it,” said Dr. Gholami.

While it’s a clip successful his beingness he’d alternatively determination past, Romero says it’s a attraction that needs to beryllium told.

“I request to stock the story, I request to suck it up. I request to conscionable fto radical cognize that this is retired there,” said Romero.

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Romero volition person his adjacent scans successful February to marque definite the crab is inactive gone. Dr. Gholami has implanted respective much patients with the pumps this twelvemonth and is hopeful they’ll beryllium conscionable arsenic successful.

Marlee Ginter