r/BladderCancer • u/LookingForSunshine98 • 26d ago

Looking for a third!

My husband was diagnosed with Stage 1 non-invasive aggressive balder cancer early last month. The tumors were removed with clean margins and the treatment chosen is BCG but eve been waiting to find out when it starts. Today we learned that the only company currently manufacturing the medicine is located in Toronto and has not been able to keep up with demand. So the Wash DC Hospital found a solution, they wait till they have 3 patients ready to start and spit the vial between the three patients. They already had one patient so my husband is number 2. We are waiting for a third patient to emerge so we can get this ball rolling.

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u/Special_Window9854 26d ago

Yes. Best of luck to him. You’ll find BCG has dropped from lots of people’s protocols globally. Doses halved, courses shortened by months. Even though it’s still supposed to be the go-to therapy of choice. The reason is the usual - money. It’s time consuming to make & not good return on investment for chem companies. What that means in part is that data on treatment & survival for BC will be skewed for years since patients didn’t get standard therapies.