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- October 23, 2017 at 2:10 am
I met with my oncologist for the first time.
We will be persuing Immunotherapy as the course of treatment.
Most likely Nivo but we talked about BRAF as an option as well. Will I go this route only if the mutation is present? Nivo if not?
I'll obviously revisit my questions with oncologist just wondering if anyone has any inut or can recommend a good resource to understand more about Immunothereapy and BRAF.
Donita
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- October 23, 2017 at 4:00 am
I wrote this some time ago regarding BRAF status: http://chaoticallypreciselifeloveandmelanoma.blogspot.com/2014/02/braf-inhibitors-for-melanoma-dabrafenib.html
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- October 23, 2017 at 4:05 am
There is this regarding choosing therapy from two melanoma experts: http://chaoticallypreciselifeloveandmelanoma.blogspot.com/2015/09/pick-your-poison-weber-and-agarwala.html
There is also this regarding melanoma therapy generally: http://chaoticallypreciselifeloveandmelanoma.blogspot.com/2017/08/melanoma-intel-primer-for-current.html
Make sure you are seeing a melanoma specialist…ie an oncologist in a facility that cares for many melanoma patients. The treatment options for melanoma have changed drastically in the past 5-7 years and you need to be sure that you are seeing someone well versed in these therapies. I hope this helps and I wish you well. Celeste
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- October 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm
Here is a link to a good explaination of targeted therapies by one of the leading Melanoma Oncologist in the world. Hope it helps!!! Ed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBcRHFGTyGs
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