"THE CROWN HELPS"
Last chance for a cure
Peter Wolfbeisz from Oberwart has been battling cancer for three years. A new treatment method is his last chance to survive. He is hoping for support from "Krone" readers.
Peter Wolfbeisz has big goals: he wants to be 104 years old and dance a waltz with his granddaughter on her 50th birthday, celebrate his wife's 100th birthday and their wedding anniversary. It is his courage to face life and his family that keep the 64-year-old from Oberwarth from despairing every day. Peter Wolfbeisz is ill, terminally ill. In July 2021, after an acute bowel obstruction and life-saving emergency surgery, he received a shock diagnosis of small bowel cancer, his lungs and liver full of metastases at the time.
20 chemos and then the relapse at Christmas
He took up the fight against this insidious and yet very rare form of cancer the day he was diagnosed. "Just grumbling is not my style, you also need goals in life," says Wolfbeisz with a fighting spirit. More than 20 chemotherapy sessions later, he received another shock in December 2023: on the day before Christmas Eve, he had another bowel obstruction and new tumor cells were found. Whether another round of chemotherapy could beat the cancer was like winning the lottery, says the man from Oberwarter. Peter Wolfbeiz is now very tired and is also physically marked, "but I'm not giving up."
Hope through new form of therapy
A new form of cancer therapy gives him hope for a long life: dentritic cell therapy. This therapy can help cure cancer at various stages, but is not covered by health insurance.
Cancer injection costs up to 75,000 euros
Depending on the severity and stage of the disease, the cost of the treatment, including follow-up treatment, can be up to 75,000 euros. The treatment is a kind of cancer vaccination. Cells from the patient's own immune system are taken from the blood, strengthened in the laboratory and "trained" against the tumor to be treated.
"Krone" readers can help Peter Wolfbeisz
Supporting people with difficult fates has always been a concern of the "Krone". The non-profit association "Krone readers help" exists for this purpose. After Carinthia, Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg, the Burgenland editorial team is now also joining in. Recognizable by the "Krone helps" button with the regional coat of arms. Our first fundraising campaign is for Peter Wolfbeisz. Together with his wife Michaela, his two sons Martin and Christoph with their partners and his granddaughter, he is hoping for the support of the "Krone" family. All donations are tax-deductible.
Donation account
Association "Krone" readers help
Keyword: Cell therapy
Bank details: Raiffeisenlandesbank Burgenland
IBAN: AT81 3300 0000 0118 7210
BIC: RLBBAT2E
Registration number: SO-18483
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