schmeeckle64, Thank you for your reply and I'm glad to hear you're seeing progress with your treatments! It's also encouraging to hear that you are not having any significant side effects from Keytruda. I believe the immunotherapies are much more forgiving than chemo, radiation and perhaps targeted therapies. The doctors say that my husband must do at least a small amount of chemo before he can have the immunotherapy (and also radiation) due to FDA rules. That may be the end of that because my husband does not want chemo at all. I'm not sure if the chemo and radiation are really an integral part of the 'cure' or effectiveness or if they just want consistency with their new drug trials. So many people enter immunotherapy or other treatments so beat up from chemo they can't distinguish the side effects of the chemo vs. the other treatments. That's where you have been so helpful to me....although it's a different drug than what my husband might use, immunotherapy sounds easier to tolerate and your sharing has helped me a great deal. Thank you so very much for taking time!!
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