NavDX positive test

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  • hipchef99
    hipchef99 Member Posts: 24 Member

    UPDATE: on mets from my Head and Neck HPV SCC P16. After 7 months of the NavDX blood test going up and not showing up on a PET scan. It showed up with a 1.1cm tumor on my left lung. They removed the Tumor on Oct 14th in Virginia Mason hospital in Seattle. I got another NavDX blood test back this week still showing a positive level of 18. This is from a high before surgery of 210. My Tumor pathology report came back with PERTINENT POSITIVE FINDINGS: PD-L1 expression for Keytruda (CPS=60)….. I start my Keytruda next week and every 6 weeks for two years.I will be doing the NavDX every 3 months along with a PET scan. I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season……..Bill…….P.S. my Ct guided biopsy of the tumor originally showed negative for PD-L1. It just shows you how much more info you get from the tumor…..

  • wbcgaruss
    wbcgaruss Member Posts: 2,490 Member

    Congrats, hipchef, on a successful surgery to remove the tumor from your lung.

    Also, congrats to have a good care team to put together a good 2-year plan to monitor and get rid of any cancer totally and bring you a victory of NED.

    Blessings and a happy and fulfilling Thanksgiving to you and your family also.

    Wishing You The Very Best

    Take Care, God Bless,

    Russ

    I CELEBRATE WITH YOU…

  • bulldoug
    bulldoug Member Posts: 2 Member

    Newby here…….Thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences as there is a wealth of info in this thread. Having gone thru most of the thread here I noticed the number/scoring of the NavDx test is considerably lower compared to the results I have received. My oncologist has been ordering the NavDx tests for me since 10/2023 and my numbers have ranged from a low of 257 to a high of 46000. I am currently in METS stage (liver and bone). Originally diagnosed BOT HPV P16+ in 2016, and Prostate cancer 2020. BOT treatment was chemoradiation, and prostate was surgically removed. PSA tests consistently less than 0.01.

  • OhNoItsMe
    OhNoItsMe Member Posts: 22 Member

    I think yours can be attributed to a metastasis with a vengeance just as mine was a recurrence with a vengeance. My recurrence was diagnosed around 10 months after finishing treatment and my score was 36,000. After treatment of that recurrence (now almost 3 years ago) it has been 0 ever since.

  • bulldoug
    bulldoug Member Posts: 2 Member

    That gives me hope OhNoltsMe. I’m going through my second type of chemo treatment (first one carboplatin, 5 flourosil, keytruda was unsuccessful) since METS and my recent NavDx score is 753. Scans show lesions in liver shrank from 3cm down to .6 cm. I’m in year 8 of this marathon.