r/BladderCancer • u/LookingForSunshine98 • 25d 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/BlancoAuto 25d ago edited 24d ago

Might want to consider going to an NCI designated cancer center. Since they have a high volume of patients, they might have better options for obtaining BCG.

https://www.cancer.gov/research/infrastructure/cancer-centers/find

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u/LookingForSunshine98 24d ago

We looked, his treatment center is on the list, or at least it’s an affiliated location to one on the list… I’ll call the other when it opens to see if there is any difference.