Yervoy, treatment and side effects?
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Yervoy, treatment and side effects?

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    • June 22, 2012 at 1:04 am
    Iowa98
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      Hello,

      Hello,

      New to the board and looking for some guidance.  My father was diagnosed with Stage IV Melanoma in January of this year.  He has been on 4 treatments of Paxil/Carboplatin, but recently his scans showed that the treatment was no longer working.  We are trying to get him into a PD-1 trial, but live in Iowa so the travel to the coasts to participate is difficult.  If we are unable to get inot a PD-1 Trial, we would like to consider Yervoy, but want to understand the risks.  His doctor also recommended Tamazolide, which I'm not thrilled about as it is not very effective.  Any stories/recommendations?  Wish there was a crystal ball…..

      Thanks,

      Jessica

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