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Anyone had to pause Keytruda (pembrolizumab) due to severe side effects?
Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed with TNBC stage 2 in Feb and have undergone neoadjuvent (chemo + immunotherapy) with 11 rounds taxol weekly and 3 rounds of cisplatin and keytruda. But since week 7 I’ve developed side effects to the immunotherapy. My heart rate elevated, I got breathe less, low grade fever of up to 100.5 daily…
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Immunotherapy - Anastrozole to Tamoxifen
I am through surgery, chemo and radiation and actually did fairly well through all three, all things considered. I started on Anastrozole in January 2022 but found the joint pain to be almost unbearable. Switched to Tamoxifen in October 2022. Joint pain much better so that's a plus. But I just don't feel like myself. I…
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Is anyone taking TUKYSA ?
I have been taking this drug for about 4 months now. I was started at 600 mg but had to drop to 300 mg daily due to serious diarrhea.It is supposed to be able to cross the blood/brain barrier and stop MBC from getting into your brain. I had 4 brain Mets removed in 9/2020 with radiation. Does anyone else take this and what…
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Anyone on Herceptin-only have tips for chills, body aches?
I finished up my TCH sessions three weeks ago (yay!) and have moved on to a Herceptin-only phase that's expected to run through August. I really thought I'd have zero side effects from it; I've been more concerned about monitoring/watching for cardiac issues and didn't even look into other side effects. Well.... first…
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Herceptin and Perjeta side effects after chemotherapy.
I have been on Herceptin Hylecta and IV Perjeta mono therapy. I have 6 treatments left. I had more gastrointestinal issues while on chemotherapy (TCHP) than I did on HP mono therapy (no GI issues whatsoever for first 4 rounds of mono HP). However, since my last two HP treatments, my diarrhea has picked up. I also have…
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Intermittent Fasting May Help Cancer Treatments Work Better
Intermittent Fasting May Help Cancer Treatments Work Better, Small, Early Study Suggests November 30, 2021 A small study suggests that a specific type of intermittent fasting is safe and possible for people diagnosed with cancer and may boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and…
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Perjeta/Herceptin Side Effects - Itching face, fine bumps
HI all, Completed chemo in April 2022, but still on Perjeta/Herceptin until January. Just completed C8 last week and now face is itching and I have small bumps (didn't have this before, but I think a nurse warned me that this could happen). The nurse said to use hydrocortisone or Benadryl. Overuse of hydrocortisone also…
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Nerlynx/neratinib
Has anyone been prescribed Nerlynx following full year of adjuvant Herceptin and perjeta
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The first successful immunotherapy breast cancer patient
Immunotherapy has been hailed as the brave new world for the treatment of cancers. One type of immunotherapy, adoptive cell therapy, uses T-cells from the patient's own immune system as a treatment. The immune cells are collected from the patient and then grown into large numbers of these cells in the lab. Finally, they…
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Immunotherapy Tecentriq Helps Some Advanced-Stage Triple-Neg
Immunotherapy Tecentriq Helps Treat Certain Advanced-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancers October 24, 2018 Tecentriq, an immunotherapy medicine, combined with the targeted therapy Abraxane was better than Abraxane alone for people diagnosed with locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who had not been…
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New BCO Content on Recently Approved Immunotherapy Jemperli
Jemperli (chemical name: dostarlimab-gxly) is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) advanced-stage breast cancer that has grown during or after treatment if no other treatment options are available. Jemperli also is approved to treat dMMR advanced-stage…
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Podcast: Immunotherapy Side Effects
Immunotherapy Side Effects March 3, 2021 Dr. Jennifer Litton is a board-certified medical oncologist and professor of breast medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, where she is vice president of clinical research. She also is a member of the Breast Immuno-Oncology Task Force…
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Immunotherapy drugs for breast cancer
Immuno-Oncology (IO) and Immunotherapy drugs are humanity's best shot at beating cancer. During the last few years, IO has revealed impressive, durable responses in a variety of tumor types for which conventional therapies historically have had limited success (melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma, lung, liver, bladder, etc). The…