My husband Scott is doing the Dasatinib study here in Indianapolis for Stage IV mucosal melanoma, C-Kit positive. Primary is in the esophagus, inoperaable at this time. He just had his first scan and I wanted to share the results and see if anyone else has experience with Dasatinib or is involved in a trial.
He was diagnosed August 7th and took about 5-6 weeks to get opinions and begin any type of treatment. We don't know if there was any spread during this time while there was no treatment going on.
My husband Scott is doing the Dasatinib study here in Indianapolis for Stage IV mucosal melanoma, C-Kit positive. Primary is in the esophagus, inoperaable at this time. He just had his first scan and I wanted to share the results and see if anyone else has experience with Dasatinib or is involved in a trial.
He was diagnosed August 7th and took about 5-6 weeks to get opinions and begin any type of treatment. We don't know if there was any spread during this time while there was no treatment going on.
He just had his first 6 week scan and there was a 14% growth in the tumor, but no new spreading. It's hard to say whether the Dasatinib is working or not, because the baseline scan was about a month old.
So, if the cancer had spread 30% while there was no treatment and then only now showed a 14% growth there was some reduction and progress. It's not great news, but could be worse. He is sticking with it another 6 weeks to see what happens before moving on to something else.
His doctor is Leslie Fecher at IU health. She was recommended by Dr. Sharfman at Johns Hopkins. She was his understudy. She's been great and is a melanoma specialist. Just wanted to share in case someone else needs a doc and lives in the area.
We have no idea about spreading rate etc. Any thoughts??
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