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  • jack-r

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    March 12, 2019 at 6:39 am

    TeaLady24

    A partial answer to your question may be possible, but I have not run across a simple answer. I too would like to have a time line to help in the “what next” decision making process.

    Dr. Lamm, and others, in a consensus document (link below) suggest that in the range of one and one-half to two years after high grade cancer is detected and remains non-responsive to treatment, it is time to consider all options. the goal then being to avoid increasing risk of invasion.

    That statement is the closest I have seen to a timeline for bladder cancer. The full article is at:

    http://www.nature.com/nrurol/journal/v12/n4/full/nrurol.2015.58.html

    Best
    Jack

    6/2015 HG Papillary & CIS
    3 Years and 30 BCG/BCG+Inf
    Tis CIS comes back.
    BC clear as of 5/17 !
    RCC found in my one & only kidney 10/17
    Begin Chemo; Cisplatin and Gemzar
    8/18 begin Chemo# 3
    Begin year 4 with cis
    2/19 Chemo #4
    9/19 NED again :)
    1/2020 CIS is back
    Tried Keytruda, stopped by side effects
    Workin on a new plan for 2021

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