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Stopped Interferon treatments

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    • August 25, 2011 at 4:34 am
    heg50heg
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      After 2 and one half months of interferon I had to stop treatments due to getting pancreatitus . Would interferon cause this. My doctor does not want me to start it back up after getting so sick. Will that amount of interferon do me any good or will I be more acceptible to advancing to stage 4 melanoma since i did not complete it.

      After 2 and one half months of interferon I had to stop treatments due to getting pancreatitus . Would interferon cause this. My doctor does not want me to start it back up after getting so sick. Will that amount of interferon do me any good or will I be more acceptible to advancing to stage 4 melanoma since i did not complete it.

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        • August 25, 2011 at 5:16 am
        JerryfromFauq
        Participant

          Virtually all of the recent studies I have read state that there is little difference in the results between just doing the high month and doing the full 12 months of injections.

          • August 25, 2011 at 5:16 am
          JerryfromFauq
          Participant

            Virtually all of the recent studies I have read state that there is little difference in the results between just doing the high month and doing the full 12 months of injections.

            • August 25, 2011 at 9:10 pm
            AlanM
            Participant

              My oncologist said the same thing as Jerry after I stopped the treatment after two months. (last November) Unfortuneately, in my case there has been some progression but not sure when exactly that progression occurred. I believe however that the interferon that I took did put the "brakes" on things.

              Alan

              • August 25, 2011 at 9:10 pm
              AlanM
              Participant

                My oncologist said the same thing as Jerry after I stopped the treatment after two months. (last November) Unfortuneately, in my case there has been some progression but not sure when exactly that progression occurred. I believe however that the interferon that I took did put the "brakes" on things.

                Alan

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