Hi
A few months ago I had a mole removed from my leg and it was diagnosed as malignant melanoma. I subsequently had a larger area of skin removed from my leg and a biopsy done on the sentinel lymph node in my groin, where a tiny amount of cancer cells were found. A CT scan has come back clear but the oncologist I was referred to says I am considered in a stage 3C risk category for recurrence. I have been offered a course of pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy but was also made aware that this drug can cause some permanent side effects including loss of thyroid function.
I am generally in good health and have no symptoms from the melanoma so I am 50/50 at the moment about whether to undertake the therapy or not. I was wondering if anyone else here had undergone a course of pembrolizumab for melanoma or other cancers and if they had suffered any serious side effects.
Many thanks for any advice anyone is able to offer.
