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Yervoy Insurance Coverage
Have you generally found that yervoy is covered by insurance?
UVA case trial for melanoma
Found a knot on my shoulder/neck that turned out to be Melanoma. The oncologist is sending me to UNIV of Virginia case trial. Was just wondering if anyone had gone through this.
NIH Clinical Trials...Any past recipients
Is there anyone out there whom have participated in a NIH Clinical Trial in Bethesda, Maryland? Wondering what your experience was like....
Recurrent SCC on lip?
So I posted recently on HNC board about just having a tongue biopsy under the left side of my tongue on Monday. I had Mohs surgery on Feb. 28, 2012 to remove SCC from my right lower lip. The tongue biopsy was recommended by my dentist who found a white patch last week that should be looked at that I didn't even know about.…
Melanoma metastisized to liver and lungs
I recently received confirmation that spots on my liver and lung are from an original melanoma tumor that I had removed in October 2009. I was 36 when if found the original spot. It was stage II level IV and had spread to one lymph node. That node was removed and benign. I have had routine scans every three months since.…
Nerve damage Side affects from Radiation Therapy of the Face
One year ago I had radiation therapy as a preventative precationary treatment: after excision of a maglignat melanoma tumor from beneath the skin on the right side of my face. The cancer I had is know as "desmoplastic neurotropic melanoma". The radiation thereapy went well and I wore a mask over the untreated area during…
Nerve damage Side affects from Radiation Therapy of the Face
One year ago I had radiation therapy as a preventative precationary treatment: after excision of a maglignat melanoma tumor from beneath the skin on the right side of my face. The cancer I had is know as "desmoplastic neurotropic melanoma". The radiation thereapy went well and I wore a mask over the untreated area during…
Metastatic Melanoma
Lungs, liver & spin, right lymph nodes
Spots on liver and lung
I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in September 2009 at the age of 36. It was stage II Level IV. It had spread to one lymph node, but was benign. During a routine CT scan in September of 2011 a 3mm spot appeared on my right lung. Scans in December 2011 showed no change to the spot on my lung but another spot appeared…
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