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      • January 31, 2016 at 11:15 pm
      gcooperbl
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        Hey guys my dad is in Belfast and just started pembro / keytruda last week – he has stage 4 liver lungs and brain 🙁 but we are hoping pembro will work. Any advice re UK doctors? We were told pembro best thing out there for him atM.

        • January 31, 2016 at 11:15 pm
        gcooperbl
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          Hey guys my dad is in Belfast and just started pembro / keytruda last week – he has stage 4 liver lungs and brain 🙁 but we are hoping pembro will work. Any advice re UK doctors? We were told pembro best thing out there for him atM.

          • January 31, 2016 at 11:15 pm
          gcooperbl
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            Hey guys my dad is in Belfast and just started pembro / keytruda last week – he has stage 4 liver lungs and brain 🙁 but we are hoping pembro will work. Any advice re UK doctors? We were told pembro best thing out there for him atM.

            • January 31, 2016 at 11:10 pm
            gcooperbl
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              Thanks celeste he is being kept in by medics and kept an eye on hopefully it was just a minor setback. 

              do you know anything more re these new anti pdl1 drugs? He is BRAF negative so doctors told Us pembro was best out there bar trials…but if it doesn't work we need to look at other avenues. 

              thanks for your reply it makes sense….if the brain is full of t-cells and pembro works they should attack the cancer cells.

              • January 31, 2016 at 11:10 pm
              gcooperbl
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                Thanks celeste he is being kept in by medics and kept an eye on hopefully it was just a minor setback. 

                do you know anything more re these new anti pdl1 drugs? He is BRAF negative so doctors told Us pembro was best out there bar trials…but if it doesn't work we need to look at other avenues. 

                thanks for your reply it makes sense….if the brain is full of t-cells and pembro works they should attack the cancer cells.

                • January 31, 2016 at 11:10 pm
                gcooperbl
                Participant

                  Thanks celeste he is being kept in by medics and kept an eye on hopefully it was just a minor setback. 

                  do you know anything more re these new anti pdl1 drugs? He is BRAF negative so doctors told Us pembro was best out there bar trials…but if it doesn't work we need to look at other avenues. 

                  thanks for your reply it makes sense….if the brain is full of t-cells and pembro works they should attack the cancer cells.

                  • January 30, 2016 at 10:56 pm
                  gcooperbl
                  Participant

                    Thanks all

                    luckily we got it wrong….blood y doctors – it's one dose which is three cycles per dose….didn't explain it well to us. He has had his first cycle and no side effects which is good!

                     

                    he gets next cycle in a few weeks…just hope it works 

                     

                    fingers crossed

                     

                     

                    • January 30, 2016 at 10:56 pm
                    gcooperbl
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                      Thanks all

                      luckily we got it wrong….blood y doctors – it's one dose which is three cycles per dose….didn't explain it well to us. He has had his first cycle and no side effects which is good!

                       

                      he gets next cycle in a few weeks…just hope it works 

                       

                      fingers crossed

                       

                       

                      • January 30, 2016 at 10:56 pm
                      gcooperbl
                      Participant

                        Thanks all

                        luckily we got it wrong….blood y doctors – it's one dose which is three cycles per dose….didn't explain it well to us. He has had his first cycle and no side effects which is good!

                         

                        he gets next cycle in a few weeks…just hope it works 

                         

                        fingers crossed

                         

                         

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