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Keytruda working, but Surgery Inevitable

Bladder Cancer | Last Active: Sep 21 11:26am | Replies (18)

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Might be time to get a third opinion. Since the cancer involves two organs, I would be concerned of the possibility of more spreading of the cancer when stopping the Keytruda. I agree with jaxfl. If a ctDNA test is done, that in itself may indicate that the treatment needs to continue.

The proactive thing to do would be the removal of the bladder and the prostate. With my cancer, there was not an option to try ro save my bladder. It was too invasive to take a chance. Hearing from a third set of eyes may help.

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Also agree with using ctdna to guide decisions. My bladder cancer never showed that it has advanced to lymph nodes on cat scans. The upstaging to stage 3 was confirmed with ctdna and post surgery pathology. My surgeon said there were not enough cancer cells to show on a cat scan.