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I'd previously thought I would have started chemo by now, but last Tuesday's oncology consultation brought news of a relatively new treatment (first performed mid-2024) that they're putting me forward for that I'm now waiting to hear if I'm suitable for. It's called electrochemotherapy, and in the UK it's only performed at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Under general anaesthetic, and with x-ray guidance, they place needles into the spinal tumour, then pass a current through the needles that changes the behaviour of the cell membranes so the tumour cells are more receptive to the chemo chemicals that they then inject through the same needles into the primed tumour. I'll try not to get my hopes up too much yet, but it could really improve my prognosis if I'm accepted and it works 🤞🤞🤞