Yes, I know even if this drug just gives him a year of stable survival that's a win. But the results suggest that he won't be one of the lucky 20% or so whose tumors melt away (think Jimmy Carter's brain mets from melanoma which melted away on keytruda) and that's still disappointing (although I already suspected he wouldn't be in that category just from his symptoms.) It's actually pretty much what I expected they would find.
But that being said, radiation is still an option to add I think. There are also some alternative things that we haven't tried yet, and it's also possible that the iron infusions for his iron deficiency anemia will benefit him and his ability to fight the tumor. Meanwhile his quality of life is pretty good, and we have tickets for a Cubs game in June.
