I'm sorry for your troubles Larry. I have no personal experience with immunotherapy, other than Erbitux as a targeted therapy, but two drugs are being talked about as being most significant for the past 15 years are Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) and Opdivo (Nivolumab). There are also other types of immunotherapies.

There is a big ASCO Symposium in Chicago that started today, so maybe newer reports will be coming forward in the next few days.

Thanks, my onc called it molecular is that diff from immune?

The Mda trial gave me anal fissures, high BP, high trig. Ended up with pneumonia.

Now home and clean since mar feeling better, little fatigue, cough with occasional blood in sputum.

I like to be educated on what's up and everyone one always says boy you look good. Then Dr says 2 to 18 months.

I'd like to try to stay around, do what I can. Nothing nutty. But I can travel if I have too. I married a energetic younger woman. We have a big loving helpful family.

Appreciate it if anyone hears anything. On last note just found out I am HPV+.

I don't know if it means anything. Appreciate any help.

I think it's a broad term, molecular therapy, but immune therapy is part of it, I believe. Here is an article that lists different types of targeted molecular therapies for head and neck cancer.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/854971-overview

Wow thanks so much!

Don't want to over burden you, but here is another listing/organization I like with many different types of immunotherapies for head and neck cancer, and their clinical trials, that you can discus with your medical team.

http://www.cancerresearch.org/cancer-immunotherapy/impacting-all-cancers/head-and-neck-cancer

Good luck

Dear Larry,

John never wanted to find out what his prognosis was. He just kept on moving ahead with his treatments. In a way that is one way of dealing with it. It's out of his hands since no one could predict or influence how the drugs were going to work, so knowing how much time he MIGHT have or MIGHT not have was kind of irrelevant. He did make sure his affairs were in order though.

I would suggest keeping an eye on the pneumonia. Do you have swallowing difficulties? If so, make sure you have a swallowing test and suggestions on feeding from the speech and language pathologist. In John's case, the pneumonia became recurrent and became lodged in his lungs. Please don't take it lightly.

I am sorry things are not better, however, if you look good to your friends, you have to be doing something right.

Dear Gloria,

I know everyone does things differently. I was a professor for more than 40 years. My wife said I never left school. I always like knowing, my wife does too.

Well my cancer is growing and I need to make the decision of what kind of treatment would be effective and give me the best quality of life. So the more info the better I feel I am making the right choice.

I'm sorry for your loss. I thank you for your advice.

Larry

Cancer Research Institute Clinical Trials Finder
www.Cancerresearch.org

Free help even gets your Foundation one info and looks for trials for you.

I wanted to let everyone know I began Opdivo with my onc here at home. On 4th treatment. Feeling great and even forget I have cancer. Great quality of life, tumors are shrinking and enjoying life. Only side effect has been itching but I just combat hat with benedryl spray or cortisone spray.
Prior to beginning treatment thyroid gave out so on med for it.
It's all good for now, I'm very grateful.