Lerchek's cancer progresses, seeks treatment abroad
The blogger was offered CAR-T therapy in China, which is one of the treatment methods using the patient's own immune cells.
Consensus
- Valeria Chekalin (Lerchek), a blogger, has stage 4 stomach cancer.
- The cancer has recurred with metastases in the adrenal glands, ovaries, lungs, and other organs.
- She is undergoing a second line of chemotherapy.
- CAR-T therapy in China is being considered as a treatment option.
- A court's permission is required for her to travel abroad due to her criminal conviction.
- She is experiencing severe pain and has mobility issues.
Points of divergence
- The oncologist Evgeny Cheremushkin stated that full recovery is not possible, and CAR-T therapy is only available in major centers, not currently in Russia. — riamo
- Luis Squicciarini reported that the initial spinal MRI was unclear and that pain blockades were ineffective. — vm
- Chekalin underwent nine courses of first-line chemotherapy from March to July, during which the tumor disappeared, and her current condition is described as moderate with clear consciousness and partial mobility. — tg_mash
- The recurrence was diagnosed via a new examination showing metastases in adrenal glands, ovaries, and lungs, with urgent chemotherapy started. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- Metastases in various organs began to grow in Chekalina: treatment methods, oncologist's prognosis — Вечерняя Москва
- Oncologist assessed Lertch's chances of recovery against the background of repeated metastases — РИАМО
- U blogger Lerchek's stomach cancer is progressing — Вести
- Scicchiarini: Growing metastases throughout the body due to oncology detected in Lerech — Вечерняя Москва
- At Lertch relapse of oncology — stomach cancer progresses again, metastases spread throughout the body. — Mash
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