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    • November 21, 2018 at 4:57 pm
    sharonlynn210
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      My son'ds dr told me that they will be stopping his Keytruda when he reaches 1 year.I am worried about that.Is that normal process?

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        • November 22, 2018 at 12:25 am
        Bubbles
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          You might be interested in the discussion below "When to stop immunos".  Hope it helps.  Celeste

          • November 22, 2018 at 2:37 am
          TexMelanomex
          Participant

            Hi Sharon,

            I just recently passed the one year mark on Keytruda and they are going to keep me going until 2 years is reached (or I stop tolerating the drug). I'm not sure what the normal process is and maybe it depends on the response, location, etc?

            • November 25, 2018 at 4:46 pm
            MelanomaMike
            Participant

              Hi, it seems rather odd that an Oncologist would literaly perdict a "stopage" to an Immunal Therapy not knowing "if" its gunna be benificial to your son "or not"..are you sure you may have "not" understood him/her correctly? hmmm..id ask the Onco to run it by you again, sometimes we hear different stuff the second time around! aka "Stress"! be well…

              • November 25, 2018 at 9:48 pm
              BlessedForLife
              Participant

                Hi Sharon,

                I’m not sure what your son’s status is, but I have been NED since about the 4 month mark, and my doc did stop my immuno at 1 year.

                The research is beginning to show that anything over that may be “over treatment”.  I think treatment duration is still rather clinic specific. I asked the same question on this forum before I stopped. I felt very confident in the responses I received.  I can also tell you that I went 1 treatment over a year and I started to experience some unwanted side effects. So what my doc was concerned about did in fact show up in, thankfully, a fixable, way.

                I wish you and your son the best.

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