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melanoma calculators and tumor burden

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    • April 2, 2020 at 4:00 pm
    caman
    Participant
      Hi, the melanoma calculators found on the web, does it take into account the advances of immunotherapy like keytruda. My second question, what is considered a low or high tumor burden. Many thanx!!!
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        • April 3, 2020 at 3:27 pm
        chrispl1974
        Participant
          Short answer regarding all the ones I have seen and tried .. NO. As a matter of fact, the statistics get better every day and they are mainly pre immunotherapy / targeted therapy , meaning they reflect probabilities from about 8-10 years ago. I would not use them, since they are basically worthless. On the other hand they are a sound reminder of how far science has advanced in the last decade.

            • April 5, 2020 at 8:09 pm
            caman
            Participant
              Thank you, that’s what I thought. Has your situation gone beyond stage 3? Are you stable? How were you treated?
              • April 6, 2020 at 12:39 pm
              chrispl1974
              Participant
                I am still Stage 3 . I was diagnosed 3a in January 2019. Treatment was SLN biopsy, followed by WLE and 12 months of targeted therapy with Tafinlar and Mekinist ,which I concluded in February. Got MRI and CT scan in February and all was still clear. I pray it will stay this way.
                • April 7, 2020 at 3:25 pm
                caman
                Participant
                  Sounds like you have it under control. I just got my keytruda just this past Saturday. I’m already getting very anxious and checking my neck every hour. Hoping this starts working
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