Skin Cancer
Discussion List
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Yervoy Insurance Coverage
Have you generally found that yervoy is covered by insurance?
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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.
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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....
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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Metastatic Melanoma
Lungs, liver & spin, right lymph nodes
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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…