PHIL UPDATE!

okey dokey, here is the scoop from the PT/CT scan performed on wednesday.  this is from the email from the oncologist:

the previous article describes the braf and mek pathway medications and what to expect.  while its great news that the small bowel tumors are seemingly gone!  and no new lesions!  yeah.  the reason its not such an overwhelming successful celebration.

so. guess good news with a caveat.  the numbers seem to me to be a little murky, 6-7 mo till it stops working or up to a year.

but at least we have made it to this point.

Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibition versus BRAF Inhibition Alone in Melanoma — NEJM: Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibition versus BRAF Inhibition Alone in Melanoma