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Local Recurrence

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    • February 18, 2015 at 1:03 am
    Squash
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    If you have a local recurrence and NED everywhere else and you are in good health would you just keep on trucking on or would you try to get into a clinical trial?

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      • February 21, 2015 at 8:37 pm
      _Paul_
      Participant

      I have had two recurrences. Both times I asked for a PET scan. The first time I was clean, the second time the PET showed the cancer had spread. I remember having a conversation with my oncologist after the second recurrence but before the PET. He suggested that the thinking about when to administer Yervoy was changing, that it wasn't just for Stage 4 anymore. However, that all became moot once the PET showed I was stage 4.

      If it were me, I would want a PET to make sure it had not spread. If it hadn't, I would consider Yervoy since the recurrence means that cancer cells are still present.

      Hope that helps!

      • February 21, 2015 at 8:37 pm
      _Paul_
      Participant

      I have had two recurrences. Both times I asked for a PET scan. The first time I was clean, the second time the PET showed the cancer had spread. I remember having a conversation with my oncologist after the second recurrence but before the PET. He suggested that the thinking about when to administer Yervoy was changing, that it wasn't just for Stage 4 anymore. However, that all became moot once the PET showed I was stage 4.

      If it were me, I would want a PET to make sure it had not spread. If it hadn't, I would consider Yervoy since the recurrence means that cancer cells are still present.

      Hope that helps!

      • February 21, 2015 at 8:37 pm
      _Paul_
      Participant

      I have had two recurrences. Both times I asked for a PET scan. The first time I was clean, the second time the PET showed the cancer had spread. I remember having a conversation with my oncologist after the second recurrence but before the PET. He suggested that the thinking about when to administer Yervoy was changing, that it wasn't just for Stage 4 anymore. However, that all became moot once the PET showed I was stage 4.

      If it were me, I would want a PET to make sure it had not spread. If it hadn't, I would consider Yervoy since the recurrence means that cancer cells are still present.

      Hope that helps!

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