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Do I Need Adjuvant Immune Therapy?

Do I Need Adjuvant Immune Therapy?

December 14, 2021
Sanjay Juneja, MD
Sanjay Juneja, MD

Medical Oncology

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If, for your curable cancer, you received chemo and radiation together instead of surgery, you qualify, especially when it’s a classic stage three that was inoperable, for a year of adjuvant therapy to reduce the chance of recurrence with immune therapy and not chemotherapy.

 

It’s 12 months long, and the data has shown that this helps progression-free and overall survival, and is standard of care to offer this immune therapy for a year after the time of the concurrent chemo radiation curative intent.

 

Key Takeaways

1. If, for your curable cancer, you received chemo and radiation together instead of surgery, you qualify for a year of adjuvant therapy to reduce the chance of it coming back.

2. It’s 12 months long, and the data has shown that this helps progression-free and overall survival.

3. It’s standard of care to offer this immune therapy for a year after the chemo radiation.