Opdivo (nivolumab) Patient Stories
Opdivo, also known by the generic name, nivolumab, is a therapy meant to treat a variety of types of cancer, including skin cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, and others. Unlike chemotherapy, Opdivo, and immunotherapies like it, work with your immune system to fight cancer cells.
Read on for Opdivo experiences from real cancer patients:
Melissa W., Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Stage 4B
Initial Symptoms: Feeling like something was in her throat; occasional nausea; acid reflux; occasional feeling of having boiling water in her stomach; soreness in the bottom of her ribcage
Treatment: Chemotherapy (FOLFOX); immunotherapy (zimberelimab, domvanalimab, Opdivo)
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Madison C., melanoma
Symptoms: Abnormal mole on arm when she was 18 (misdiagnosed); Hard lump on upper left arm
Treatment:Surgery (excision at primary and metastatic site); Dual-agent immunotherapy (Opdivo and Yervoy ); Radiation (pending)
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Sophie U., Bowel, Stage 4
Symptoms: Vomiting, anemia (found in blood test)
Treatment: Surgery (hemicolectomy), chemotherapy (FOLFOXIRI), immunotherapy (nivolumab & ipilimumab)
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Chris W., Mucosal Melanoma, Stage 4 Symptoms: Sweaty rectum, zit-sized lump in rectum that grew, lump that developed in right-groin
Treatments: Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)...
Treatments: Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)...