Verwon Says:
Atezolizumab Drug For Lung Cancer
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Lil Nitro Says:
My boyfriend was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma in August while in the hospital with pneumonia. Straight out of the hospital into radiation and chemo treatments in which he was unable to finish. No one has mentioned immunotherapy to us as an alternative. His last blood work results said his count was within normal limits so would he have a chance of atezolizumab and immunotherapy helping him? He's 59 yrs old, has good appetite, already had AFib before diagnosed with cancer, has Medicare/Aid. We live in NW Tn. Is there hope for success for him? A tumor in 1 lung and lympnodes.
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My dad experienced something similar, he ended up hospitalized to manually drain fluid from congestive heart failure, and a sample of it that they analyzed was full of cancer cells.
The Atezolizumab is most commonly used for solid tumors, so it might not be appropriate for him, depending on the details of the tumor he has, according to FDA reports.
What other treatments have his doctors recommended?
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