NED 1 Year Out (Stage 3 MUP)
Diagnosed stage 3 in early Jan 2025 after I had a random lump in my thigh removed during a hernia repair that turned out to be a metastatic melanoma tumor, no primary found(MUP). I started Keytruda in Feb '25.
In May '25 I had a WLE at the original tumor site plus a lymph node removed that was suspect. They lymph node was previously biopsied and came back negative but showed necrosis and mild uptake on scans. Both the WLE tissue and lymph node came back negative last May as well as PETs being all clear.
Last Keytruda infusion was June '25 which we stopped early due to the NED results and because I was starting to see side effects(pancreatitis, AKI)
Most recent scan this week just came back clear today! Year one of NED is in the books now. Onward to year 2!