Virginiamn.com 7/29/2014
“… When 65-year-old Dale Pagenkopf heard the three words no one wants to hear – you’ve got cancer – he thought his life would soon be over. “I thought, I’m not going to be around for very long, so I need to get some things taken care of,” says Pagenkopf. Diagnosed with prostate cancer, the disease very quickly spread to lymph nodes in his groin area. That’s when his doctor, Essentia Health Oncologist Dr. Daniel Nikcevich, suggested Pagenkopf take part in a clinical trial. The study looked at the timing of when to introduce chemotherapy to prostate cancer patients. …”
