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    • May 14, 2014 at 8:48 pm
    starletwoman2007
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      I am a stage 4 mm patient and currently on vem. I have mets in several places including my brain and wondered whether the location of mets made any difference as to whether you will become a complete or partial responder x
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        • May 14, 2014 at 9:34 pm
        jmmm
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          Not sure about statistics, but my husband had a brain met and mets throughout body.  After a craniotomy, gamma knife and 4 months on Vem, he was NED (and has stayed that way for 2 years!).

           

          • May 14, 2014 at 9:34 pm
          jmmm
          Participant

            Not sure about statistics, but my husband had a brain met and mets throughout body.  After a craniotomy, gamma knife and 4 months on Vem, he was NED (and has stayed that way for 2 years!).

             

            • May 14, 2014 at 9:34 pm
            jmmm
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              Not sure about statistics, but my husband had a brain met and mets throughout body.  After a craniotomy, gamma knife and 4 months on Vem, he was NED (and has stayed that way for 2 years!).

               

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