Keytruda....Working for MSS....Mutation Burden is the Key

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Pyro
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Location: Tucson, AZ

Re: Keytruda....Working for MSS....Mutation Burden is the Key

Postby Pyro » Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:29 am

natelaugh wrote:Pyro,

5FU is a walk in the park for you. After 2-3 days disconnecting chemo, and it is ON. My dad would eat and gain his strength.

Nate.


I hope, but it’s cumulative, doesn’t quite work that way after about round 50. Thanks for the positivity
Aug 2015- Stage 4 CC with liver Mets(38/m)
Sep 2015- Avastin/Folfox/Iron
Dec 2015-Not liver surgery candidate
Jan 2016- Erbitux/Folfiri, 2nd opinion at MDA in TX
Feb 2016 -MDA liver surgery
Mar 2016 -30% of left lobe rem, PVE
May 2016 - 70% of liver rem
Jun 2016-Rad
Jan 2017-perm colost @MDA
Jul 2017-Erb/FOLFURI
Nov 2017 -Lung & Liver ablations@MDA
Jan 2018 -Xeloda & Avastin mx
Jul 2018-Avast/FOLFURI
Sep 2018-Rad
Mar 2019 - Keytruda fail
Jun 2019 - FOLFURI
Aug 2019 - No more, quality time!

stu
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Joined: Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:46 pm

Re: Keytruda....Working for MSS....Mutation Burden is the Key

Postby stu » Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:33 am

Pryo ,

I know your backed against the wall with this decision . Hoping it is not too rough on you .

Take care ,
Stu
supporter to my mum who lives a great life despite a difficult diagnosis
stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

boxhill
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Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:40 am

Re: Keytruda....Working for MSS....Mutation Burden is the Key

Postby boxhill » Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:47 am

Pyro, thinking about you. Hoping for that magic bullet.
F, 64 at DX CRC Stage IV
3/17/18 blockage, r hemi
11 of 25 LN,5 mesentery nodes
5mm liver met
pT3 pN2b pM1
BRAF wild, KRAS G12D
dMMR, MSI-H
5/18 FOLFOX
7/18 and 11/18 CT NED
12/18 MRI 5mm liver mass, 2 LNs in porta hepatis
12/31/18 Keytruda
6/19 Multiphasic CT LNs normal, Liver stable
6/28/19 Pause Key, predisone for joint pain
7/31/19 Restart Key
9/19 CT stable
Pain: all fails but Celebrex
12/23/19 CT stable
5/20 MRI stable/NED
6/20 Stop Key
All MRIs NED


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