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I was diagnosed in August of 2019, had a bi-lobectomy in 2020, recurred in 2020 4 months later, did immunochemistry test for PD-L1 pos for 85%. so was put on Keytruda late 2020 have been on it ever since. No recurrence yet but may be stopping treatment due to they do not know if I am getting any benefit from it still. So, I guess one way to find out is to discontinue for a while and follow up every 6 weeks and CT scan or PET/CT every 3 months. I am scared but I have lived this long, thankfully.

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Welcome to Mayo Connect @sjohnson60. Congrats on nearly 5 years since your initial diagnosis! I'm sure it hasn't been easy. Any change in treatment is scary. I'm hoping that the Keytruda has been effective for you. Monitoring you with follow ups and scans is a great plan. Did you experience on going side effects from the treatment? If you do have growth in the future, can you be placed back on Keytruda after this break?