Updates: Clinical Trial - Nay! Gem/Carbo - Yay (hopefully)
So scans a few weeks month ago showed progression of the cancer. Most of the progression is in the liver - which is not looking great, but is still functioning pretty well. My bones (vertebrae, a rib, sternum, skull met) also lit up more than previously, but luckily I have very little pain there and CT shows nothing imminently worrisome. The liver is my bigger problem from a tumor load stand point, but my lungs do not want to get with the program, even though the pleurodesis worked and CT showed no tumors or other changes. I was lucky to get almost a year on Trodelvy, but of course I would have appreciated more. The last month has been a bit of a whirlwind as I screened for a clinical trial. The drug, DB-1310, is another antibody drug conjugate, similar to Trodelvy, with a different target (HER3) but similar drug attached to it. And even though both my local oncologist and I both brought up that Trodelvy was listed as disqualifying, the clinical trial doc was sure I could get in. ...
