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      • September 21, 2017 at 2:11 pm
      johnf
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        Yes I have been doing this trial in Santa Monica,Ca.On week 7 did first set of scans last week .FYI I have simular history since 2009.keytruda fone for 2.5 yrs. then 2 – 1in. C punks rt. on my kidney. so operate +remove but chose this trial as recommended by Dr. Scan showed 1 punk neucrotic other swollen. Dr says 12 week scan more likely to show true effects. FYI you need to pass a bio-marker to qualify fot his trial= aba of 20 or above. The highest in my group of 5 was a 90 then i came along witha record breaking 273!!! so I got all excited. Well I was hoping for a home run on first scans but got a single. maybe next time ??? side effects only first few weeks = lower back ache leg and feet joint pain. Bummer = go every week takes ave. 4 hours + some days alot more with all the trial lab work etc. so Rummor is they hope to develop a maintence program some day ?????? PS A woman in my trial started beginning of this yearand she had triple neg. breast cancer with tumors all over.Her aba qualifer was a 90. All of her tumors are gone and stayed gone thats why Im here. Ilike to call it Full Blown PD1. keep me posted, Game on

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