Our oncologist explained to us that…in our case…he felt it was better to do the IL2 after the radiation…simply because he didn't want to put my husband's body through a treatment that would weaken him – and not have any real response. While he is still as strong as he is…with good heart and good lungs…they seem to think that the IL2 is best.
We understand that melanoma is prone to resist radiation…but in his case it seems to be the only option to get rid of any microscopic cells that remain. They have told us that they would not be able to go back in the same area and perform any more surgeries. We are holding out hope that radiation helps in this case.
