My husband was on xeloda 2 weeks on, 1 week off. He suffered very bad HFS and occasional tummy cramps/ diarrhoea so he has switched to Teysuno. Side effects are much milder but still present. Is Teysuno available in the US ? or is it only in the UK? In has been approved for use in EU for over a dec...
Siti wrote:My husband was on xeloda 2 weeks on, 1 week off. He suffered very bad HFS and occasional tummy cramps/ diarrhoea so he has switched to Teysuno. Side effects are much milder but still present.
Is Teysuno available in the US ? or is it only in the UK?
Yvette, as you can see from my sig, I have a KRAS mutation. To my knowledge, KRAS mutations are irrelevant to use of immunotherapies such as Keytruda and Opdivo/Yervoy. What KRAS mutation does rule out are EFGR-related targeted therapies, such as Erbitux and Vectibix. You need to find out whether y...
Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and nivolumab (Opdivo) are a type of immunotherapy, both approved some months ago, as monotherapy, for those with CRC whose MS status is MSI-high (about a 10% of the CRC are MSI high). For the majority of the CRC patients, who are MSS, those agents and similar are being tes...
I was on Keytruda from 12/31/19 until around 6/20. Stopped because an MRI finally confirmed that I was NED as shown by multiple CTs. Hoping that my arthalgia will improve. I did nothing to change or add supplements. My next MRI, assuming that it is approved by insurance, will be 8/11/20. If it cont...
Hi Henry, Unfortunately, I have KRAS mutation, wondering to know if you have the KRAS mutation or the Wild type, since you have KRAS mutation how long have you been taking Keytruda? Dr. told me that there are no immunotherapy for the CRC with KRAS mutation, just wondering if its really true? Hello ...