My wife had 3 battles with cancer in 2018-2019 within a 14 month period. A year and a half of treatments. (3 rounds of chemo, 3 surgeries, 2 rounds of radiation).
The last surgery was her most major, where they removed the shrunken tumor after a heavy round of chemo from her neck, removed her neck muscle and dead skin from the tumor (came through her skin), flipped her pectoral muscle into her neck, and a skin graft from her thigh to her neck to replace the dead skin. Dr. Loree at ECMC (Jim Kelly and Rick Jeneratte's doctor) had to cut a major nerve in her shoulder to remove the neck muscle.
She is now on a lifetime regimine of 2400 mg daily of Gabapentin (nerve blocker) and physical therapy for an undetermined amount of time. Now don't get me wrong, we're both extremely thankful that she is alive and in remission for almost 3 years, but cancer is no joke, and the side effects from cancer treatments are absolutely brutal. Seeing this study, and by Sloan Kettering which was wonderful to us when we visited them for a 2nd opinion, is super hopeful and my wish is those who can be treated with this drug doesn't experience the side effects of traditional cancer treatments.