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Stage IV melanoma: What's your experience with immunotherapy?
Cancer | Last Active: Aug 12, 2021 | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
It depends if the diarrhea is what clinical trials grade as 3 or 4 then immunotherapy has to be discontinued. The patient might benefit from a low dose maintenance steroid like prednisone to try to control the diarrhea.
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When you say treatment has to be discontinued, does that mean postponed until the diarrhea is under control, or totally stopped? And then a different treatment plan would be used?
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They increased the dosage of prednisone and are delaying further treatments until the issue is resolved. Hope soon - and hope it doesn’t reoccur. I’m not sure what grade it is, but will ask.