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When just starting immunotherapy, for those who track tumor markers even in nsclc, do the numbers increase initially like how the tumors can initially swell?
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When just starting immunotherapy, for those who track tumor markers even in nsclc, do the numbers increase initially like how the tumors can initially swell?
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Reply # - June 29, 2017, 09:45 PM
Hi rayna,
Hi rayna,
Welcome to GRACE. Since tumor markers really don't reliably predict what is going on with an existing lung cancer, it's not possible to make a generalization about whether a rising tumor marker at the beginning of immunotherapy indicates either progression or the pseudo-progression to which you refer. As such, if you're dealing with the type of situation you describe, I would not make any assumptions about the efficacy of the immunotherapy.
JimC
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Reply # - June 30, 2017, 12:47 PM
thank you
thank you