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Article on Radiation and Ipi “A Turning Point for Cancer?”

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    • March 7, 2012 at 11:22 pm
    EmilyandMike
    Participant

      I think this is what Jimmy B has been saying!  Ipi and radiation!

      From today's article on MSNBC: "New Melanoma Treatment – a turning point against cancer?"

      I think this is what Jimmy B has been saying!  Ipi and radiation!

      From today's article on MSNBC: "New Melanoma Treatment – a turning point against cancer?"

       http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/07/10602724-new-melanoma-treatment-a-turning-point-against-cancer

      Valerie Esposito, a 42-year-old mother of three, was taking ipilimumab for advanced melanoma and it wasn’t working very well. The cancer was spreading through her body.  One huge tumor, in fact, was pressing on her spine. To relieve the pressure, her doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York radiated the lump. Within weeks, other tumors throughout her body started shrinking dramatically. 

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        • March 8, 2012 at 12:18 am
        yoopergirl
        Participant

          I just saw this on NBC news, how wonderful for her. Promising news indeed.

          • March 8, 2012 at 12:18 am
          yoopergirl
          Participant

            I just saw this on NBC news, how wonderful for her. Promising news indeed.

            • March 8, 2012 at 12:18 am
            yoopergirl
            Participant

              I just saw this on NBC news, how wonderful for her. Promising news indeed.

              • March 8, 2012 at 12:37 am
              audgator
              Participant

                I also just saw this and I may be an ipi nonresponder (hopefully the jury is still out but my "spots" have grown. Does anyone know more? What are your oncs saying? I go tomorrow morning for an MRI, etc., pretesting for an anti-PD1 trial. I'd like to know if I have options.

                • March 8, 2012 at 12:37 am
                audgator
                Participant

                  I also just saw this and I may be an ipi nonresponder (hopefully the jury is still out but my "spots" have grown. Does anyone know more? What are your oncs saying? I go tomorrow morning for an MRI, etc., pretesting for an anti-PD1 trial. I'd like to know if I have options.

                  • March 8, 2012 at 12:37 am
                  audgator
                  Participant

                    I also just saw this and I may be an ipi nonresponder (hopefully the jury is still out but my "spots" have grown. Does anyone know more? What are your oncs saying? I go tomorrow morning for an MRI, etc., pretesting for an anti-PD1 trial. I'd like to know if I have options.

                    • March 8, 2012 at 1:20 am
                    Roxy1453
                    Participant
                      I also saw this on the news. I go in in the morning and will be asking about this. I have had 2 treatments of Ipi, the second was on Dec 29. I developed colitis and have been on steroids since then. I think I am on the last 2weeks of this and then will decide if we continue with the other 2 treatments of Ipi. This report sounds very interesting.
                        • March 8, 2012 at 2:49 am
                        NYKaren
                        Participant
                          Wow!
                          I’m so happy for her!
                          I start ipi reinduction tomorrow. I had radiation prior to ipi last time… I’ll surely be asking about the opposite this time!
                          Head and neck radiation had some annoying side-effects for me–
                          permanent bald spot, loss of most salivary production (sometimes i don’t even have enough spit to swallow) And it didn’t stop the melanoma. But the idea of doing it in reverse and being NED; I’d take it all again in a heartbeat.

                          Good luck to me getting any sleep tonight!
                          Karen

                          • March 8, 2012 at 2:49 am
                          NYKaren
                          Participant
                            Wow!
                            I’m so happy for her!
                            I start ipi reinduction tomorrow. I had radiation prior to ipi last time… I’ll surely be asking about the opposite this time!
                            Head and neck radiation had some annoying side-effects for me–
                            permanent bald spot, loss of most salivary production (sometimes i don’t even have enough spit to swallow) And it didn’t stop the melanoma. But the idea of doing it in reverse and being NED; I’d take it all again in a heartbeat.

                            Good luck to me getting any sleep tonight!
                            Karen

                            • March 8, 2012 at 2:49 am
                            NYKaren
                            Participant
                              Wow!
                              I’m so happy for her!
                              I start ipi reinduction tomorrow. I had radiation prior to ipi last time… I’ll surely be asking about the opposite this time!
                              Head and neck radiation had some annoying side-effects for me–
                              permanent bald spot, loss of most salivary production (sometimes i don’t even have enough spit to swallow) And it didn’t stop the melanoma. But the idea of doing it in reverse and being NED; I’d take it all again in a heartbeat.

                              Good luck to me getting any sleep tonight!
                              Karen

                              • March 8, 2012 at 3:11 am
                              Lisa13
                              Participant

                                This is amazing!  Considering I just started ipi renduction, it would be amazing to use radiation.  When they mention reversing it, what do they mean?

                                Thanks for letting us all know!

                                Lisa

                                • March 8, 2012 at 3:11 am
                                Lisa13
                                Participant

                                  This is amazing!  Considering I just started ipi renduction, it would be amazing to use radiation.  When they mention reversing it, what do they mean?

                                  Thanks for letting us all know!

                                  Lisa

                                  • March 12, 2012 at 10:37 pm
                                  LuckyMan51
                                  Participant

                                    Hi, 

                                    I my second Ipi infusion and go for the Radiosurgery/cyberknife procedure for a single brain leison tomorrow.

                                    I has a skin melanoma in 2000 and a routine scan in August 2011 picked up a single melanoma in the lower left lung lobe which was surgically resected/removed. The recent news of the brain leison was certainly an unwelcome suprise but I just saw this Ipi and radiation combination article posted on Dr Jedd Wolchecks MSK page and got pretty psyched. I'll let you know what happens. Please alert me as to anything else you read about it. Good luck to you. 

                                    • March 12, 2012 at 10:37 pm
                                    LuckyMan51
                                    Participant

                                      Hi, 

                                      I my second Ipi infusion and go for the Radiosurgery/cyberknife procedure for a single brain leison tomorrow.

                                      I has a skin melanoma in 2000 and a routine scan in August 2011 picked up a single melanoma in the lower left lung lobe which was surgically resected/removed. The recent news of the brain leison was certainly an unwelcome suprise but I just saw this Ipi and radiation combination article posted on Dr Jedd Wolchecks MSK page and got pretty psyched. I'll let you know what happens. Please alert me as to anything else you read about it. Good luck to you. 

                                      • March 12, 2012 at 10:37 pm
                                      LuckyMan51
                                      Participant

                                        Hi, 

                                        I my second Ipi infusion and go for the Radiosurgery/cyberknife procedure for a single brain leison tomorrow.

                                        I has a skin melanoma in 2000 and a routine scan in August 2011 picked up a single melanoma in the lower left lung lobe which was surgically resected/removed. The recent news of the brain leison was certainly an unwelcome suprise but I just saw this Ipi and radiation combination article posted on Dr Jedd Wolchecks MSK page and got pretty psyched. I'll let you know what happens. Please alert me as to anything else you read about it. Good luck to you. 

                                        • March 12, 2012 at 10:39 pm
                                        LuckyMan51
                                        Participant

                                           

                                          Hi, 

                                          I my second Ipi infusion and go for the Radiosurgery/cyberknife procedure for a single brain leison tomorrow.

                                          I has a skin melanoma in 2000 and a routine scan in August 2011 picked up a single melanoma in the lower left lung lobe which was surgically resected/removed. The recent news of the brain leison was certainly an unwelcome suprise but I just saw this Ipi and radiation combination article posted on Dr Jedd Wolchecks MSK page and got pretty psyched. I'll let you know what happens. Please alert me as to anything else you read about it. Good luck to you. 

                                          • March 12, 2012 at 10:39 pm
                                          LuckyMan51
                                          Participant

                                             

                                            Hi, 

                                            I my second Ipi infusion and go for the Radiosurgery/cyberknife procedure for a single brain leison tomorrow.

                                            I has a skin melanoma in 2000 and a routine scan in August 2011 picked up a single melanoma in the lower left lung lobe which was surgically resected/removed. The recent news of the brain leison was certainly an unwelcome suprise but I just saw this Ipi and radiation combination article posted on Dr Jedd Wolchecks MSK page and got pretty psyched. I'll let you know what happens. Please alert me as to anything else you read about it. Good luck to you. 

                                            • March 12, 2012 at 10:39 pm
                                            LuckyMan51
                                            Participant

                                               

                                              Hi, 

                                              I my second Ipi infusion and go for the Radiosurgery/cyberknife procedure for a single brain leison tomorrow.

                                              I has a skin melanoma in 2000 and a routine scan in August 2011 picked up a single melanoma in the lower left lung lobe which was surgically resected/removed. The recent news of the brain leison was certainly an unwelcome suprise but I just saw this Ipi and radiation combination article posted on Dr Jedd Wolchecks MSK page and got pretty psyched. I'll let you know what happens. Please alert me as to anything else you read about it. Good luck to you. 

                                              • March 8, 2012 at 3:11 am
                                              Lisa13
                                              Participant

                                                This is amazing!  Considering I just started ipi renduction, it would be amazing to use radiation.  When they mention reversing it, what do they mean?

                                                Thanks for letting us all know!

                                                Lisa

                                              • March 8, 2012 at 1:20 am
                                              Roxy1453
                                              Participant
                                                I also saw this on the news. I go in in the morning and will be asking about this. I have had 2 treatments of Ipi, the second was on Dec 29. I developed colitis and have been on steroids since then. I think I am on the last 2weeks of this and then will decide if we continue with the other 2 treatments of Ipi. This report sounds very interesting.
                                                • March 8, 2012 at 1:20 am
                                                Roxy1453
                                                Participant
                                                  I also saw this on the news. I go in in the morning and will be asking about this. I have had 2 treatments of Ipi, the second was on Dec 29. I developed colitis and have been on steroids since then. I think I am on the last 2weeks of this and then will decide if we continue with the other 2 treatments of Ipi. This report sounds very interesting.
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