Good Morning all,
I haven’t been on here in a while so let’s give you a little background first.
My husband who is 45 was diagnosed with Tonsil and base of tongue cancer in February this year, he then had a PET scan before his treatment could commence but unfortunately the PET scan revealed the cancer had spread to his chest and right hip and he was no longer curable.
He was eligible for immunotherapy and started Pembrolizumab in March this year. His first scan at three months revealed slight increase in neck and chest tumours the oncologist said this could be something called puesdoprogression.
He continued immunotherapy and had his 2nd scan on the 30th September. This was the deciding scan, if the scan showed the pembro was not working then they would stop it and start palliative chemo.
We received his results yesterday- he will continue immunotherapy as the hip is stable and his chest tumour has shrunk however, the large tumour in his neck has grown. They know the immunotherapy is working but the tumour in his neck is just too big for the pembro. The oncology team have now said they want to introduce palliative radiotherapy. They have said they want him to have 13 days worth but could be up to four weeks (odd number) this is due to start in around 4 weeks. We hope the radiotherapy will shrink this tumour so the pembro has a better chance of working in that area.
SO now I’m sat hear reaching out and asking for advice on do’s, dont’s, advice anything that may help him with his radiotherapy and the horrid side effects that will come with it.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this long winded message.
