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Thanks for sharing your story and treatment details. I should add that my relative's cancer has no particularly interesting mutations, but does have a high PD-L
by nyx 4y ago
Thanks for sharing your story and treatment details. I should add that my relative's cancer has no particularly interesting mutations, but does have a high PD-L1 expression, which from what I can tell is the reason Keytruda was more likely to work for their situation.
> that was geared towards my specific mutation
This is actually one of the things that gives me hope for the future: genetic testing on a tissue sample of the patient's cancer is standard, and for many of the specific oncogenes that we know about, there exist therapies targeted to those specific mutations: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/treating-non-small-cell/targeted-therapies.html https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/treating-non-small...
One thing I've learned is that even in the face of good news, cancer is a horrible time, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But I'm likewise glad to hear about your results from the latest treatment, and hope things stay as positive as they can for you.