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Isolate Hepatic Perfusion – Dr. Pingpank Pittsburgh

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    • November 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm
    AmandaLivingston
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      My husband was diagnosed in May 2014. His disease has stayed in his liver and has the GNAQ mutation. He has cutaneous melanoma techincally but it is behaving much like Ocular Melanoma. He's tried keytruda, a tcell therapy clinical trial at NCI, and ipi/nivo. He's also done a few TACE procedures to try and stamp out the tumors. 

      He's still seeing progression and we were just informed about Isolated Hepatic Perfusion with Dr. Pingpank at UPMC in Pittsburgh. He's signed up and approved for surgery December 7. All of his doctors agree this is the next best option. Has anyone done it? Any successes/failures? Side effects? Recovery time? Any info would be great it's very hard to find.

      Thanks!

      Amanda

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