I’m now 5.5 years post-treatment with immunotherapy for Stage IV melanoma and have had no evidence of disease for over four years. When immunotherapy works, it can be impressive.

For me, my treatment (adoptive cell therapy using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes) used my own white blood cells (130 billion in lab-selected and expanded form) to overwhelm the mutated cancer cells.

It was a one-time treatment (over 3-4 weeks in the hospital) with no further meds or other treatments required.

Immunotherapy has become an important tool in the future of fighting cancer, for sure.