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Skin Cancer

Archives for August 2010

Treatments for Brain Metastasis
Can anyone recommend a treatment besides whole brain radiation for diffuse disease in the brain? We just found out after being clear 6 months ago, this is for my wife who is only 33 years old. We've been on BRAF, and are looking at ipilimumab, but I don't yet how effective ipi is in the brain or if we will need to do whole…
New BCC diagnois
I had a questionable nodule biopsed on my chest and came back BCC..today had another scrapped also..awaiting results. Scheduled for mohs in 2 days. I know they say this type is very curable but I cant help being petrified. I know they say it rarely spreads, but how do you not worry. I cant believe this, am still in shock.…
Melanoma and Clinical Trials
My husband recently discovered he has melanoma stage 3. The primary was never found but the tumor that was discovered was taken was surgically removed and all lymph nodes surrounding it (18 tested negative). Treatments offered to my husband to choose from: 1. Interferon 2. Clinical trial, cancer vaccine made from husband's…
New treatment & Hope for Patients with advanced melanoma
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38854884/ns/health-cancer BOSTON — An experimental targeted cancer drug shrank advanced melanoma tumors in 81 percent of patients with the deadly and hard-to-treat cancer, doctors said Wednesday. The findings were part of an early phase study used to determine the best dose of the experimental…
New diagnosis....how fast to move
I lost my brother to melanoma in 2007 2 years after diagnosis. It was in his fingertip and the dermatologist diagnosed granuloma without doing a biopsy and sent him to a hand surgeon who treated it with silver nitrate for 6 weeks! Anyway, now I have another relative who had a biopsy of a spot on her shin that she had to…
IAT CLINIC
Did anyone has an experience with IAT CLINIC? I am desperate for a cure.............. Thank you in advance.......
Malignant Melanoma in Lung
My brother was just diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma in his lung. The only other things I know are that they found the source of the cancer (it was on top of his head) and that there are little spots on his brain. From my understanding, he will have radiation therapy to hopefully remove the spotting on his brain, but the…

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