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Scanxiety: How did you get through scanxiety?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Feb 9, 2021 | Replies (27)

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@colleenyoung

Hi @mrodriguezc, I'm using Google translate to respond to you (https://translate.google.com/). Your messages translated to:
"Hello, I am in the same situation, I wanted to know if before immunotherapy I can have a molecular study so that the treatment has been so effective, and what cancer does it have?"

Questions:
The translation obviously isn't perfect, so I am interpreting your question as:
1. Before immunotherapy, can you get molecular genetic tests to determine if treatment will be effective?
2. What cancers are treated with immunotherapy?

Responses:
1. Yes, oncologists are increasingly selecting therapies based on the specific genomic abnormalities identified in a patient’s tumor. This genomic information often comes from a molecular diagnostic test.

2. I believe you were diagnosed with Hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer). There are several different immunotherapy options available to treat Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). See this article:
- How is Immunotherapy for Liver Cancer Changing the Outlook for Patients? https://www.cancerresearch.org/immunotherapy/cancer-types/liver-cancer

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En estudio molecular salieron dos mutaciones de mi cáncer al hígado, no hay medicamento específico para mi tipo de tumores, sin embargo estamos probando con inmunoterapia con atezolizumab y becavizumab, alguien le ha pasado algo similar, quiero saber que hago si esto no es efectivo. Gracias