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Stage IIIc

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    • August 13, 2016 at 7:20 am
    Coach337
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      Anyone have a success story?  

      Diagnosed in November 2015.  Originated from a mole on my inner thigh/knee area.  Since then:

      1. excision

      2. sentinel node biopsy (positive)

      3. partial inguinal lymphadenectomy (all negative)

      4. Yervoy (discontinued after 1 infusion due to uncontrollable side effects)

      5. recurrence of tumors in the thigh/knee

      6. TIL harvest

      7. admission into clinical trial @ MD Anderson

      8. several months of T-Vec injections

       

      Found out a few days ago after an ultrasound that the tumors are spreading and increasing in size (and returned to the groin), so they are removing me from the clinical trial.  Brain MRI & chest/abdominal/pelvic CT in the next few days, then the "team" will recommend a new course of action.

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