Thank you! I had one of the most fastest acting & aggressive cancers. Hit like a brick.
The first treatment alone was 24 hours around the clock for a week straight.
I watched my tumor markers cut in 1/2 in a couple days. At the end of the week, they had me in remission. I continued treatment to maintain remission. It’s been 9 years from acute myeloid leukemia flt3 mutation. Plus had a donor stem cell transplant. Traditional treatment is not easy - but, it works ( for the most part). I agree some don’t respond, but those are the exception - not the norm.
Where were you treated?
I was diagnosed with Stage-4 metastatic prostate cancer 10 years ago. There is no cure, yet. Was told I had 3-7 years to live by one oncologist. My urologist at MD Anderson told me I’d be around for a long time. I have responded so well that my MDA oncologist has been telling me my cancer will very likely never progress and I am on just 75% of the normal Xtandi prescription.
It really does matter where you go for treatment. Rare cancers for most cancer centers are common at MDA.