The Colon Club

TrojanGirlie wrote:Hi,

My husband and I just recently found out that the FOLFIRI/Erbitux chemo combination he began in Oct. 2016 is no longer effective. His doctor at Kaiser Permanente would like to switch him to FOLFOX/Erbitux. We went to get a second opinion at UCLA medical center and the oncologist there (Dr. Rosen) said while that is not a wrong thing to do, it is not what he would do. He recommends doing immunotherapy (Keytruda or Opdivo) plus oxaliplatin and 5FU). We are torn on whose opinion to go with, because our Kaiser oncologist seems very surprised at how aggressive this cancer is, but he also does not want to use immunotherapy until we have exhausted all options since there are only a limited amount of treatment options available for colorectal cancer. We feel the UCLA oncologist has more experience and we should go with his opinion. Does anyone on this message board have any experience with doing immunotherapy and chemotherapy at the same time? Any opinions on which oncologist to trust more?

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