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BCC
Hi new to this site. I'm on the breast cancer site, but had a BCC removed from my R neck. The buggar sat right on my cartoid. Surgeon said all marins clear. This is the second time it was removed. The first one the primary Dr. removed it. So he/ they never consulted me. Jump ahead one year, breast cancer, and he ( surgeon…
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Recurrant Stage IV Melanoma
Hello, My dad, 50, is currently battling another round of Melanoma. 6 years ago my dad found a nasty mole on his back that the dermatologist biopsied and it came back melanoma. They removed the orignal melanoma and also removed the lympth nodes from under his right arm, which a few came back cancerous. He then underwent…
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Infliltrative/aggressive basal cell carcinoma
Waiting for biopsy results for a subtype of basal cell carcinoma called morpheaform. This is said to be the most aggressive type of bcc. Has anyone ever experienced this? What was the outcome?
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So Scared- Please Help
Just last month, I had two basal cell carcinomas removed from my face. the scarring wasn't bad, but then I noticed a white dot on my nose, and when I presented it to my dermatological surgeion, she said it could be nothing, but a biopsy was in order to determine what's going on. I've read that morpheaform bcc is the most…
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Morpheaform BCC
Recently was treated for two basal cell carcinomas, and now I see a very small white dot on my nose. I am afraid that this is what is called a morpheaform bcc, which I've read is extremely aggressive. I am really scared. Has anyone here ever been treated for this variety of bcc? What were the results? Thank You.
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Stage3a Desperate for advice
Stage3a---- Anyone know what the best treatment is for it? Doctor suggesting interferon for my 21 year old daughter. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Has already had 2 surgeries. Cancer was in the first sentinel node only.
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Interferon recall ?
First let me say hello to all, and also say I wish I had known about this site while I was taking my treatments. I was wondering if anyone had any more information on the interferon recall ??? I have tried every avenue I can think of to get some info, with no results. All they have told me is.... they don't know what the…
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Melanoma drug cuts death risk in major trial
Experimental treatment raises hopes of reversing advanced cases Progress in cancer treatment usually creeps forward. While more people are living longer with more kinds of cancer than ever, the better treatments are often incremental improvements. But every five or 10 years a new medication arrives that totally shifts the…
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atypical Spitz mole melanoma
My daughter has recently been diagnosed with melanoma. Her mole was on the back of her thigh. It was removed. 1.45mm thickness. The sentinel nodes were removed in her leg and groin (2). One positive node was found in her groin area. The cancer cluster was .05mm. More lymph nodes were removed, total of 7. All were benign.…
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BCC Without Melanoma?
I just had two BCCs treated. Now I'm reading all these posts from people who had BCC, and then went on to develop melanoma. My heart goes out to you guys, but it would be really nice to hear from some people who did not have this happen. I am really scared. Thanks
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Side effects coming off of B-Raf Trial drug
My husband Was not successful with the B-Raaf trial drug and was dismissed from the studay 2 wees ago. Since then he has been very ill on multiple, but not neccessarily successive days. He has a burning stomach, dry-heaves diarrhea, vomiting (which is usually a mustard color liquid ; the same color as the pills he took.) a…
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Constant Fear of New Cancers
Hi Everyone. I'm new to this board. I had Mohs surgery to remove two BCCs on my face about a month ago. The spots had appeared years apart (one over a decade ago, the other five years ago) but I had them diagnosed at the same time. I was really scared to have the surgery, because I had let the problem go so long and…