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Keytruda side effects after completing 2 years lung cancer treatment
Has anyone experienced swollen ankles, lack of absorption of protein, severe diarrhea, and pancreatitis after finishing treatment. Many effects during treatment were bearable. Completed treatment...
Stage IV lung cancer, what treatments work for you?
Hi! I am Christie and am new to the group. I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in January 2019. I am super excited...
XALKORI (crizotinib)
I’m getting switched off of Keytruda and Alimta to targeted therapy Crizotinib. Does anyone have any experience with this? Side effects? Success/failure? I’m told I...
Infection and fever after chemo and immuno
Anyone experience infection and high fever after chemo and immuno combination (carbo and keytruda). Ended up in ER in a bad state? Especially after blood...
Help on what to expect for lung cancer caregiver
My mother was diagnosed a year ago with adenocarcinoma stage IV. We thought last Christmas would be her last, but here we are again. She...
Going Beyond Standard Immunotherapy
In my doctor's consult yesterday I was told that because I was tolerating the infusions so well with little or no side effects they want...
Anyone having immunotherapy with Tecentriq?
I was taking Keytruda for 16 months and developed another tumor. Just finished radiation to kill the tumor and requested my Oncologist to try a...
Started immunotherapy maintenance: What side effects can I expect?
Just had my first immunotherapy maintenance session late yesterday afternoon with Keytruda and Alimta only. Also had an injection of Zofram for anti-nausea. So far,...
Mom has stage 4 lung cancer, how can I help
2 yrs ago my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer after her vocal cord collapsed. She had been receiving keytruda but stopped approx....
Wife newly diagnosed with NSCLC
My wife had persistent cough some May. After X-ray indicated pneumonia potential in Right Middle Lobe (RML) two rounds of antibiotics , finally recommended pulmonologist...
Neuropathy Pain after platinum-based chemo: Running out of options
Lung cancer 2016 treated with surgery, radiation, platinum based chemo, then Keytruda which finally successful. Worsening periphal neuropathy pain in feet. Morphine and other meds...
Immunotherapy to start if scan shows shrinkage of SCLC cells
I was wondering if anyone can tell me about immunotherapy and if we should expect side effects? My husband who was diagnosed with small cell...
NSCLC after radiation and chemo
After radiation and chemo my moms tumor went away in her lymph nodes and her main lung mass went away as well, they had a...
Anyone had lung cancer that metastasized to the pancreas?
Hi, I’m new here, my 75 year old Mum has been diagnosed with stage 4 NSCLC poorly differentiated PD-L1 low or neg with no mutations...
Surgery, radiation, prognosis questions about my dad
Hello, my dad was recently diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. He had his first chemo/immunotherapy treatment (carboplatin, Alimta, Keytruda) a few days...
Has anyone had prophylactic Brain Radiation to prevent Mets from SCLC?
My husband was scheduled to start 10 radiation treatments to his brain this Monday 2/16/ to keep the SCLC he was treated for with chemo...
Therapy for Lung Cancer with MET exon 14 Skipping mutation (METex14)?
Have been diagnosed with NSCLC 2021.Was treated with RT (SBRT) with resolution until 2023, when multiple ground glass lesions were found on followup CT/PET surveillance....
Chemoimmunotherapy as first treatment?
Hi all, My dad recently was diagnosed with stage 3a NSCLC adenocarcinoma mimicking pneumonia. It's a pretty significant part of his top left lung. He...
Does anyone know what the PET scan results mean?
I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma 12/23. I had surgery 2/24, upper left lobe lobectomy and lower left lobe wedge. There were 2 malignant nodules in...
NSCLC with Leptomeningeal mets
Hi everyone. Wanted to find out any success stories on stage IV with Leptomeningeal mets. My dad who was doing very good , being on...
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