Anyone had immunotherapy for treating soft tissue sarcoma?

Posted by kenc @kenc, Feb 20 9:00am

I have soft tissue sarcoma cancer in my left thigh. Competed radiation therapy, now scheduled for surgery. The oncologist said my age limits my ability for chemotherapy, the surgeon said there is evidence of for good recovery result from immunotherapy. The oncologist first said is an avenue for treatment and said perhaps not, because she believes I have an autoimmune deficiency, because of the Colitis disease I had and was treated via surgery over a decade ago. The colorectal surgeon said no, the intestines were removed and no autoimmune disease exists from that ailment. Has anyone had experience with using the immunotherapy for treating sarcoma cancer?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 3 8:17pm

Hi @kenc, I moved your question to the Sarcoma group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/sarcoma/

I'm also tagging fellow members like @ayjay @marymaurer @sauer01 @ellengrubb @sallymc @liv38556 and others who have had treatments for soft tissue sarcoma.

Ken, how did radiation go? When will you have surgery? Do you know what type of immunotherapy medication is recommended for you?