Can biopsy tell if PD-1 is working
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Can biopsy tell if PD-1 is working

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    • January 17, 2015 at 1:21 am
    mom123
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    Hello all,

    We had a biopsy procedure for my son to evaluate if the growth of the tumor is inflamation or tumor's growth. It is in pathology now.

    Does anyone have an  experience with pathology confirmation for PD-1 response?

     

    Thank you for the great support team,

    Mom

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      • January 17, 2015 at 10:41 pm
      Maureen038
      Participant

      I'm not a doctor, but a biopsy would only confirm if it's melanoma or not. Scans would be given at certain intervals to see if the Pd1 is working. When my husband was on Pd1 he was scanned every 8 weeks. It takes time though to see if it's working. Sometimes with immunotherapy drugs, nodules will get bigger than they will shrink or stay stable. That happened to my husband where his lymph nodes got bigger and they almost took him off the medicine. Luckily for us, the next scans showed shrinkage. Please make sure your son is seeing a melanoma specialist. Do you need help finding one? There are many people on the board that have a wealth of knowledge. Please continue to ask questions. I'm wishing you the best!!

      Maureen

      • January 17, 2015 at 10:41 pm
      Maureen038
      Participant

      I'm not a doctor, but a biopsy would only confirm if it's melanoma or not. Scans would be given at certain intervals to see if the Pd1 is working. When my husband was on Pd1 he was scanned every 8 weeks. It takes time though to see if it's working. Sometimes with immunotherapy drugs, nodules will get bigger than they will shrink or stay stable. That happened to my husband where his lymph nodes got bigger and they almost took him off the medicine. Luckily for us, the next scans showed shrinkage. Please make sure your son is seeing a melanoma specialist. Do you need help finding one? There are many people on the board that have a wealth of knowledge. Please continue to ask questions. I'm wishing you the best!!

      Maureen

      • January 17, 2015 at 10:41 pm
      Maureen038
      Participant

      I'm not a doctor, but a biopsy would only confirm if it's melanoma or not. Scans would be given at certain intervals to see if the Pd1 is working. When my husband was on Pd1 he was scanned every 8 weeks. It takes time though to see if it's working. Sometimes with immunotherapy drugs, nodules will get bigger than they will shrink or stay stable. That happened to my husband where his lymph nodes got bigger and they almost took him off the medicine. Luckily for us, the next scans showed shrinkage. Please make sure your son is seeing a melanoma specialist. Do you need help finding one? There are many people on the board that have a wealth of knowledge. Please continue to ask questions. I'm wishing you the best!!

      Maureen

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