Hi – my father has stage 4 melanoma in his lungs. He was on ippi at Sloan Kettering and after series of treatment the drs decided to put him on PD-1 at Yale (my parents live closer to Yale). Fortunately he hasn't had any reactions/symptons to both drugs and over the course of the past year (when he started PD-1), 80% of the lesions went away. Unfortunately we found out about a week ago that 2 lung lesions were seen as progressing and one was found in the rib and one in the breathing tube.
Hi – my father has stage 4 melanoma in his lungs. He was on ippi at Sloan Kettering and after series of treatment the drs decided to put him on PD-1 at Yale (my parents live closer to Yale). Fortunately he hasn't had any reactions/symptons to both drugs and over the course of the past year (when he started PD-1), 80% of the lesions went away. Unfortunately we found out about a week ago that 2 lung lesions were seen as progressing and one was found in the rib and one in the breathing tube. So now he is going back on ippi. Has anyone been through something similar? It seems as though if ippi doesn't work, the next step would be to go to Nat'l Institute of Health. Any thoughts/experiences would be very much appreciated!
