hi, about to get immunoterapy for stage c liver cancer, no chemo tabs just immunoterapy, have read so much tat really a chemo tab should be combined wit it?? any advise or storys with this appriciated xx
my husband has lung cancer and had 4 sessions of chemotherapy followed by a treatment program for 18 months of immune therapy. After 6 months of immune therapy he took very poorly with inflammation and blood clots on his lungs caused by the immune therapy. The oncologist said that 40% of people get inflammation because of the immune therapy and that he was just unlucky. so they had to stop his treatment and put him on steroids now for 7 months to get rid of the inflammation and the side effects are horrendous for him. He has been on high strength blood thinners to get rid of the blood clots ( which he has coughed up horrendous I know but he has to get rid of them) I wish they would have told us this before he had the immune therapy as it has set him back no end. His tumour has started to grow again since stopping the treatment and now he’s back on chemotherapy. This time around is harder for him so brutal. I wish you every luck and hope that you are luckier with your treatment.
They told us that immune therapy was the way forward better and kinder than chemotherapy but they didn’t say about the percentage of people who will get the side effects of this, and that once he has had these side effects terrible inflammation and blood clots he can never have immune therapy again. So now he’s on a stronger chemotherapy called Dexotaxel. You must ask the questions about side effects before accepting this immune therapy and I wish you good luck health and happiness x
ye i am going to ask all this tmoro the oncologist did tell us about them side affects but he hasnt seen much off it, ans its high hopes for cancers goin forward instead off chemo! so other than the side affects did it help ur husbands cancer? ots my mam, she had lung cancer twice and beat it 8yrs ago so he can do it too hun, just concerned for my mam that this wont be strong or long enough as its in her liver and portal vein, and stage c which is same as stage 3, jus cant have anytin happen her she is literally all i have left after my kids dad committin suicide last yr xx
