How long does Opdivo prolong life and what’s its success rate? How long does Opdivo take to work and how do you know if it's working? Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) In a clinical trial called CHECKMATE-227, patients with metastatic or recurrent NSCLC were given Opdivo and Yervoy o...
Official answer: Opdivo (nivolumab) is an immunotherapy used to treat a wide variety of cancer types. How long treatment with this...
Given that MMR defects represent an important mechanism leading to hypermutation, it would be of interest to address whether there is an overlap between high TMB and MSI status in breast cancer. However, there is a paucity of data on this issue. Similar to Chumsri67 et al., our group prev...
I am speaking as an RN here. Your mother is ready for hospice based on the state of her cancer. I believe the rest of her family is in "denial" and expecting that something like Keytruda will be a miracle cure. It will not, being that she already has metastases to her skeleton and...
How long can you take everolimus? What is everolimus used for and how does it work? How does Afinitor work? Afinitor is called an mTOR inhibitor. mTOR stands for mammalian target of rapamycin, and it is a type of protein in the body called a kinase that helps both healthy cells and ca...