Williams Cancer Institute
Eligibility · a few questions · about two minutes

See whether this treatment can be considered in your case.

Answer a few questions about your diagnosis, prior treatment, and whether there is a tumor a needle can reach. We compare that with the criteria our physicians use and show you the result immediately. If it is not a fit right now, we say why and what would need to change.

No account, and no email needed to see your result.

what it is

A criteria screen

It tells you whether your case clears the published gate, in plain language, with the criterion printed next to the answer.

what it is not

A diagnosis or a prediction

A physician reading your actual imaging decides, and that reading costs nothing. Nothing here predicts how you would respond.

what you leave with

A one-page case record

Printable, to hand to your own oncologist, whichever way the answer goes. And, if the result calls for it, a first call at a time you pick.

Who we turn away, and why

Treating a case that does not meet the criteria hurts the patient and corrupts what is learned from everyone else. Publishing the refusal list is the only way the gate means anything, so it sits here, before the first question, rather than at the end of a sales call.

  • No lesion that can be safely reached with a needle on current scans.
  • An active, severe infection.
  • A bleeding disorder that cannot be corrected before a procedure.
  • Not well enough to travel, or needing help with most daily care.
  • An organ failing, including liver failure.
  • A standard treatment with stronger evidence is available to you and clearly the better move.
Check if you may be a candidate