My wife had her first dose of Yervoy last week. She currently has multple subcentimeter mets on her lungs…so her tumor load is currently low….she is BRAF negative…my question is for the people who have responded well to Yervoy are you BRAF negative or postive…just curious if there is any type of relationship there..thanks and Happy Easter everyone….
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My wife had her first dose of Yervoy last week. She currently has multple subcentimeter mets on her lungs…so her tumor load is currently low….she is BRAF negative…my question is for the people who have responded well to Yervoy are you BRAF negative or postive…just curious if there is any type of relationship there..thanks and Happy Easter everyone….
Haven't done Yervoy, but the BRAF mechanism has absolutely nothing to do with Yervoy. Yervoy is an immunotherapy drug – an immune system booster that tries to get your own immune system to recognize and attack the cancer. BRAF related drugs block the BRAF+ mutation on the cancer cells that cause them to grow out of control. The drugs work in entirely different ways and the BRAF status is no indication on how Yervoy will work.
Haven't done Yervoy, but the BRAF mechanism has absolutely nothing to do with Yervoy. Yervoy is an immunotherapy drug – an immune system booster that tries to get your own immune system to recognize and attack the cancer. BRAF related drugs block the BRAF+ mutation on the cancer cells that cause them to grow out of control. The drugs work in entirely different ways and the BRAF status is no indication on how Yervoy will work.
Haven't done Yervoy, but the BRAF mechanism has absolutely nothing to do with Yervoy. Yervoy is an immunotherapy drug – an immune system booster that tries to get your own immune system to recognize and attack the cancer. BRAF related drugs block the BRAF+ mutation on the cancer cells that cause them to grow out of control. The drugs work in entirely different ways and the BRAF status is no indication on how Yervoy will work.
My husband did well on Yervoy and he is BRAF positive.
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