Hi everyone I thought I'd update on my husband's situation.
Briefly he was given a dire prognosis in Jan'22 of inoperable/ untreatable T4N3 cancer in Hypopharynx. ....perhaps a few weeks, maybe months to live. The tumour is around his carotid artery and has spread to lymph nodes in the neck.
He was given a few palliative , low dose radiotherapy sessions to 'perhaps' give him summer '22. Then in August '22 he started Immunotherapy ( Pembrolizumab) every 6 weeks.
Luckily there have been no side effects that have prevented the treatment and ......he is still here in September '23
He looks well ( as he did before his diagnosis - after a huge bleed from his throat) eats well, walks etc - normal, apart from phlegm (possibly from radiotherapy)
He has just been given CT scan results that indicate no further spread can be detected anywhere else.
.....AND there is a measurable reduction in the tumour in the neck lymphnode. Soft tissue surrounding the main tumour is preventing measurement in detail.
This result means Immunotherapy can continue for now.....December's session has been booked......Dare I say Hopeful?
Hi Mynydd yours is indeed good news. I’m so pleased he can stay on Pembro to give him a chance. Hugs to both of you.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
