Chaotically Precise: Life, Love, and Melanoma

The story of living in spite of melanoma, CLND (X 2!), metastasis, vaccines, anti-PD-1, lung removal, and stereotactic radiation. (With a little adenocarcinoma ex-goblet cell carcinoid thrown in!!!) The story of life with family and friends. {Posts under ~ Sew Chaotically, Travel Chaotically, and Chaotic Cookery also housed within! A girl's gotta have fun!}

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

New trials for NRAS and Mucosal Melanoma patients - ASCO 2021

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Melanoma sucks great big green hairy stinky wizard balls for everyone!  Still, it remains even more challenging for NRAS positive and mucosa...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

ASCO 2021 - NEOadjuvant treatments - immunotherapy vs targeted and nivo plus relatlimab (anti-LAG3)

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Having covered adjuvant therapy yesterday, today I turn to NEOadjuvant treatments.  In 2018 I wrote - " Adjuvant therapy, is when a tre...
Monday, June 28, 2021

Adjuvant therapy for melanoma - a history, the latest from ASCO 2021 and a remembering...

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 I have been screaming about the need for adjuvant care since I became Stage IV with a zapped brain met and surgically removed lung met in A...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Running Thoughts - Shades of Gray.

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She was gray.  Completely.  Her hair.  Likely prematurely, given the bright and vivacious appearance of her mother who had driven her to the...
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Friday, June 25, 2021

ASCO 2021 - Outcomes of treatments on advanced disease - Reasons for HOPE!!!!!

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 As disheartening as it can be to experience treatment that does not do all that we need it to or have dear ones who do not respond to curre...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

New treatments - kinda. Anti-LAG-3 plus anti-PD-1 to boost response. Ipi/nivo plus tocilizumab to decrease side effects.

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Unfortunately, as mentioned in  yesterday's post , current melanoma treatments do not meet the needs of all melanoma patients.  Also as ...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Outcomes and options in advanced melanoma after resistance to standard therapy

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What to do, when what was supposed to work does not?  A heart rending question for anyone always!  Sadly, in melanoma, there are still no cl...
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Who am I? That is a question the rest of you could probably answer better than I. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, pediatric nurse practitioner, cook, teacher, gardener, lover of words and music, occasional seamstress, and homemaker. I do have a couple of talents of questionable merit: I can create a decent meal in less than 30 minutes. I can feed and/or soothe almost any baby. And I can remember practically any song I've ever heard. For the rest, I'd rather those who know me decide.
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