Anyone have immunotherapy after treatments?

Hi Chris. I see you posted a similar question a couple of weeks  ago. You’ve seen the oncologist since. Did they explain? 
I think it simply means that if there is a recurrence there are cancer cells that can’t be seen on a scan because they aren’t consolidated into a single tumour large enough to be seen. 

We go to oncologist next week, I kind of wanted to know from people on here a head of time. 

Sorry I didn’t mean to read so abrupt.  Micro cancer cells are just metastases that have escaped the original tumour. The smaller the cancer the better immunotherapy helps the body fight .

Good luck for next week. I hope your husband’s biomarkers are good. 

Thanks, the dr did say his bio markers were good. I wondered if everyone that has cancer has those micro cells. I thought once they got his cancerous lymph nodes he’d be  done.

ChrisB24 said:

wondered if everyone that has cancer has those micro cells.

According to my research 20% of patients. And these micro cells are in the lymph nodes. 
You can’t take all the lymph nodes so maybe they think some might have been missed. 
Ask his oncologist exactly why they are offering immunotherapy 
Let me know how you get on. 

My husband finally had his first immunotherapy, the dr said they do this a lot more after treatments to make sure they get all the small cells that can’t be seen. So it was my husband’s choice to go a head and have it, once every three weeks.

ChrisB24 said:

dr said they do this a lot more after treatments to make sure they get all the small cells that can’t be seen.

Great that he can take advantage of it. I must say I’ve never heard of prophylactic immunotherapy after treatment finishes but treatment protocols are evolving all the time. 
Will he have the immunotherapy for two years? 

They said up to one year, so hope it goes well.