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      Beany
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        Excellent reading and encouraging. Thank you.
        Beany
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          Thank you all very much
          Beany
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            Hello chrispl1974,

            Thank you for your reply. Cured! I thought that was a word that they never used! Althoug I have heard Dr Weber use that word in some Youtube videos.

            Thanks again,

            Beany
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              Hello,
              I have had 20 infusions of nivo and no side effects. I am currently NED.

              Beany
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                I was way higher with AST 650 and ALT 752.
                Prednisone and mmf for one year before resuming opdivo only.
                Tumors shrank during prednisone.
                Beany
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                  Hello JudiAU,

                  Thanks for your input too. So, it seems that where all you people are located the standard is two years after clean scans. I imagine that will take at least two years for those guidlines to filter down to Japan as everything here seems to move slowly.
                  That booster shot of Opdivo sounds interesting. Is that common? I haven’t heard of any other MRF members doing that.

                  Sincerely,

                  Beany
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                    Hello Bubbles and Cindy,
                    Thank you both for your replies. Bubbles thank you delivering again. That clip and the transcript you kindly provided is amazing in terms of OS for patients after immunotheraphy. I would like to show that to my Japanese onc!

                    Cindy, your input too was helpful.

                    Soldier on!

                    Beany
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                      Congratulations
                      Beany
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                        Hello,
                        I had hair loss for the first six months. Then it stopped and my hair has grown back. I also went curly!
                        Beany
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                          Sorry i do not know. Anyone?
                          Beany
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                            Well done Jenn. Great result.
                            Beany
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                              Thank you Caman,

                              I remember asking the doctor to give me Nivo or something similar when I was stage 2c and scared. He said he wasn’t allowed. Well, I went on to stage 4 after that!

                              Japan is quite a way behind North America in terms of treatment. The use of 480mg of Opdivo, which I am on, was only approved in December 2021.

                              Regards to everyone,

                               

                              Beany
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                                I had a brain met which was only found out months after my liver and lung tumors were discovered. My doctor didnt do a full body scan either.

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                                Beany
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                                  Hello,

                                  I only got through three combos before having drug induced liver damage or very high AST and ALT. ALT was 748. I  was in hospital gor two months and steroids for one year.

                                  I am on the single dose of opdivo now and have zero side effects.

                                  Regards,

                                  Beany
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                                    Wow johnjk04, that is a wonderful outcome. Very happy for you. It  is inspiration for everyone.

                                    Christinad、I had 13 tumors in mg liver, three in my lungs and one in my brain. Last two scans shows only a scar (most likely) in my brain. I think that is what Ed described as NEAD. Lung tumors shrunk quickly–about .195 mm per day but the brain tumor was slow.

                                    Regards and best wishes,

                                    Adam

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