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        I have been researching for months now reading hundreds of articles. I have reached the conclusion that Drs DO NOT give you the best treatment for you but the ones that make the system the most money. One Dr said he had followed intra tumoral injections of il-2 and had never seen less than a 90% response rate. Another article said there were very few toxic side effects with the most common being injection site redness. It is very clear to me that guided intra tumoral injections should be given first. BUT wait then we may not need to try all that newer expensive toxic stuff. There is an in depth study done in Oct 2015 of 11 patients with a 100% complete response rate. Tumors as big as 9 cm complete response. This is only one article of many. There are other injectables for tumors deep inside ( not just the surface ones )  along with il-2 that work very well .  We the patients should be given the choice.

        casneek
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          I have been researching for months now reading hundreds of articles. I have reached the conclusion that Drs DO NOT give you the best treatment for you but the ones that make the system the most money. One Dr said he had followed intra tumoral injections of il-2 and had never seen less than a 90% response rate. Another article said there were very few toxic side effects with the most common being injection site redness. It is very clear to me that guided intra tumoral injections should be given first. BUT wait then we may not need to try all that newer expensive toxic stuff. There is an in depth study done in Oct 2015 of 11 patients with a 100% complete response rate. Tumors as big as 9 cm complete response. This is only one article of many. There are other injectables for tumors deep inside ( not just the surface ones )  along with il-2 that work very well .  We the patients should be given the choice.

          casneek
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            I have been researching for months now reading hundreds of articles. I have reached the conclusion that Drs DO NOT give you the best treatment for you but the ones that make the system the most money. One Dr said he had followed intra tumoral injections of il-2 and had never seen less than a 90% response rate. Another article said there were very few toxic side effects with the most common being injection site redness. It is very clear to me that guided intra tumoral injections should be given first. BUT wait then we may not need to try all that newer expensive toxic stuff. There is an in depth study done in Oct 2015 of 11 patients with a 100% complete response rate. Tumors as big as 9 cm complete response. This is only one article of many. There are other injectables for tumors deep inside ( not just the surface ones )  along with il-2 that work very well .  We the patients should be given the choice.

            casneek
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              I think that combo is a clinical trial? Could you give me the Dr’s name that suggested the il-2.
              casneek
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                I think that combo is a clinical trial? Could you give me the Dr’s name that suggested the il-2.
                casneek
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                  I think that combo is a clinical trial? Could you give me the Dr’s name that suggested the il-2.
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