My husband surgery for his port placement to the left side of his chest went well. Will he ever feel normal with it? He can't rest his arm on the window when driving for more than 10 minutes he's just sent my heart racing talking about pain in his (left) arm that had me thinking heart attack. Can s...
UPDATE: I had one treatment and 3 weeks later my CEA has gone from 39.4 to 60.1....so I am thinking that Keytruda is not working for me. I had my second treatment but I don't expect it to help. (MY oncologist said it may be too early to make that determination...). Just wanted to update you all on ...
Hello fellow caretakers and all cancer warriors It will be one year on Sunday that our precious daughter took her life. Her brother (age 26)died in 2014 of colon cancer when she was starting sophomore year in high school She never really was able to move past this devastating event that took her on...
Is this the same type of study as the one we read about at Stanford a few months ago? I seem to remember they starting recruiting for the trial but only for Leukemia patients? I believe this is different. The one at Stanford utilizes 2 immunotherapy drugs in combination. This one basically grows yo...
Stage 4 here... I am on keytruda. it has worked wonders for me to say the least. not cured yet... but the difference between past therapies and keytruda are night and day. My opinion would be to push hard for it... having MMR signature is lucky. there are numerous success stories here about it.
Do they know what the gene mutation is? That could be a clue as to what clinical trials might be available. I do not know how that stuff works in England but some of the trials in the US are based off of the mutation. I think it’s not a mutation gene which he said was a good sign in October 16 Is t...
If I am not mistaken, "locally advanced" for Rectal Cancer means it the cancer has penetrated the rectum muscles. It does not need to go to distant areas for it to be considered "locally advanced stage 4" I have taken Folfox with Avastin I also have taken Irinotecan as a single a...
I'm so sorry for your loss... I was researching information on here and saw that you were also in Hawaii... I am also in the same boat and wanted to connect with you and your DH... devastated to have missed... Much Aloha to you and your family...