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Wife newly diagnosed with NSCLC
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Oct 30, 2022 | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
We are going to Mayo Monday for evaluation meeting to determine eligibility for a stage 1 clinical trial treatment. If ineligible or my wife decides it is not for her she will start chemotherapy and immunotherapy at our original medical provider the.following week. Concerning IVA due to nodule in left lung and complete consolidation of RML. It is stressful now because of decision to get Mayo consult Monday, port surgery Tuesday, then decide which path to go down, known approved treatment close to home (40 min) , unknown trial (2 hrs).
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I have to agree with Tom, Mayo is a great place for the consult, and ongoing treatment if you can make that work.
You also mentioned that she’s not a match for any of the targeted drugs. Without a biopsy, how do they know, did they do a liquid biopsy (blood)? The liquid biopsy will pick up on any tumor cells that are being shed into the blood stream, which works better when the tumors are larger.
Best of luck to you, hoping that you find the answers that you need. Please keep us posted. Lisa
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The trip to Mayo is worth it especially the Lung Team in Medical Oncology. Did you say there has been no biopsy? That's curious since they are already talking about a treatment plan using immunotherapy. What will be key is knowing what her PD-L1 expression is (that's a percentage).
I was on the immunotherapy plan as well and I was very fortunate that treatment went very well with quick, positive results. But, again, Dave, I wouldn't hesitate to use Mayo as my primary. I'm an hour and a half away and my wife and I consider our trips as a date!