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Malignant melanomia stage IV
What do you do when you have found your loved one is diagnosed with this type of cancer. We are going to Moffitt in Tampa on tuesday. We are scared to death what they are going to tell us. Every thing we have read has been bad. Has anyone out there been to Moffitt? My boyfriend has it on his back 3.6mm, an just tonight I…
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Newly diagnosed
I was just diagnosed this week with a stage 4 melanoma! I think I am in denial or shock. It seems so strange--because I don't feel sick or anything! My family doctor removed the "thing" and thendid another surgery yesterday to remove the "margins". Now I am going to see an oncologist. My family doctor questions the stage 4…
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Malignant Melanoma
I'd like to communicate with folks that have had: wide & local surgery; Adjuvant Interferon - 1 month 5Xwk high dose IV, followed by 11 month 3X wk injection. I'm a "Clark Level IIBT4a"
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How I got here..
Last December I was diagnosed with a 1 mm melanoma on my upper right back, just where you can't scratch. In early December it was removed via a wide excision and a sentinel node biopsy was performed on the bunch in the right armpit. The results of the sentinel node biospy were negative. So I believe I'm stage 1. From the…
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Newbie!
Hi, my name is Lissa and last Friday I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. I'm in a tailspin! I went to a dermatologist last Tuesday because of this "thing" on my chin. He shaved it off, Friday I got a call from his nurse telling me I had this disease. I had an appointment Monday with my surgeon. He is doing surgery…
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The Importance of Stem Cell
Faith In Stem Cells By Connie Mack In the next few weeks, President Bush faces a very difficult decision: whether to continue federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research. As a cancer survivor, a former senator and a pro-life Republican, I hope that he decides to let this research move forward with continued…
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Clinical trial vs. interferon
My fiance and I are having a terrible time making the decision of what treatment he should choose. Just a bit of background information, we're both 28 years old, got engaged at the end of October, bought and moved into our first home on New Years Eve, then found out he had cancer two weeks later. 8 years ago (age 18) he…
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Anal Cancer
I'm new at this so bare with me, please. I was diagnosed with Anal Cancer (stage II) on June 3rd, 2009 at the age of 35. I've been married for two years with a one year old son. I've gone through chemo and 28 treatments of radiation. I finished my treatments and now playing the waiting game. The big question still lingers…
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Everyone with or without cancer get a body scan
To everyone, Please do you and your family a favor and get a body scan. It's painless, takes about an hour at a Dermatologist and can literally save your life. Do not let it reach the melanoma stage which can be deadly, without a fight. A simple mole biopsy can be the difference between life and death.
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Syringoid Eccrine Carsioma (need any possible information)
Hi, My mother was just diagnosed with syringoid eccrine carsioma, which as I understand is a dermatalogic cancer. There is very little information available on this cancer. Has anyone had any experience with: - Surgery (Mohs versus regular surgery) - Therapies - Physicians (do you go to a general oncologist or a…
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Recommendations on Oncologists that treat DFSP in the North Jersey Area - Please help!
Hi. My sister is looking for an oncologist to treat DFSP that has returned for the 2nd time and seems to spread to her internal organs. Please send me any recommendations in the Jersey area. Many thanks.
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Recurrant Melanoma
My husband was in remission since Christmas 2003 from Stage 4 melanoma. We have recently found out that the cancer has returned. The mets are in his brain with a thickening of the brain lining. He is 44 yrs old and a fighter. We never thought we would be dealing with this again. Knowing it is in his brain is very scarey.…
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Cough In Melanoma Patients
I am trying to find Melanoma Patients that are experiencing a dry deep cough. Hospice says my husbands lungs are clear and do not feel this is pneumonia. Another lump was found over a week ago that sits in the chest between caller and shoulder bones. My husband has been stage 4 for over 3 years now. 9 tumors removed total.…
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Looking for Melanoma people
I've been trying to look for active support groups and to my surprise, this one is not very active. So, this is my attempt to activiate it. :) I'm struggling with Melanoma and its getting worse. Looking for people who are going through the same things to chat to.
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Just Diagnosed with Invasive Squamous Carcenoma
Hi, This is my first post. I was just diagnosed with invasive squamous carcenoma. From what I have read, it is typical in the elderly, and generally associated with too much exposure to sunlight. The difference in my case is it is located in an area never exoposed to the sun - next to my anus. I know, TMI... sorry. At any…
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Help-Child with suspicious area.
I have a 10 year old daughter who has reddish (auburn) hair and LOTS of freckles (she gets it from me). She has 2 areas that I am concerned with, 1 is on her arm-it looks like a light freckle with a very dark brown center but is raised a bit (it's been like this without changes for a few yr's). The other is on the side of…
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Question about axillary lymphadenectomy for malignant melanoma
I'm looking for advice and experiences from those who have been there/done that with this surger. I have a rather large (the radiologist said "plum sized") lymph node in my right armpit that tested positive for MM that I'm expecting they're going to want to remove. However, I can't find much more than general information…
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Interleukin-2 or IL-2 Have you experienced this treatment?
My wife has been diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma after being cancer free 18 years from melanoma and her oncologist has prescribed Interleukin (IL2)chemotherapy for her. Has anybody had any experience with this chemo treatment? Our journey starts in August with the IL2 treatments. JR1949
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About to start Interferon
My husband is to start Interferon on July 13, 2009. He is 67-but is excellent health except for the melanoma stage 3. He will be going to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for the first 5xweekly shots, then he will give them himself at home 3xweekly. He has had the wide incision and only the sentinal lymph node was cancerous. The…
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Interferon and Trying to get Pregnant
Hello everyone! Brief history of me: 38 yrs old male, had "blemish" on left cheek that was malignant melanoma, surgery with large scar (no worries, chick dig scars!) lymph nodes came back neg...but DNA mapping showed positive ties. Starting interferon via medi-port next Monday. The question is this.......my wife and I were…
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looking for melenoma survivers
i'm looking to find melanoma survivers that have had a recurrance that has spread to other parts of the body.I had melignant melenoma removed from behind my right knee and from the sentinel lymph noid .This was 8 years ago. After some right leg problems I went to docters to find out that cancer has spread into my lymph…
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Melenoma
July '08 diagnosed melenoma on my back. August '08, two nodes under my left arm were removed and both were metastisized melenoma. A week later they removed 25 more under the same arm. 1 more node was positive with cancer..I did radiation as a follow up from the surgery. A year to the day I am told it might of moved to my…
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Looking for advice, please. Melanoma
Hello, I'm not really sure if anyone can give me advice, but I wanted to try. I recently seen my dad, whom I am not seen for about 2 yrs now. I seen a growth of some sort on his head and asked him what it was. He said he believed it was melanoma (which from comparing it to pictures that I have looked at online, I really…
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Recurrance melanoma
if anybody have recurrance melanoma. I would like to know what treatments have you consider? Thanks,Clarence
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melanoma - severe atypia?
My dad is currently fighting stage iv melanoma (his 3rd melanoma diagnosis). There's a strong familial occurrence for melanoma for my relatives under 40. All my life I've been educated about melanoma and seeing dermatologists regularly. I just had two moles removed with pathology reports as "moderate atypia" and "severe…
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Need hope, and need to pass on good stories to my step father!
Just joined this site, not for me, but for my step father Brian. He was just diagnosed with stage 4 malignant melanoma. He went in today to find out everything from his MRI to his PET scan. They found a spot in his bowel, a spot that is leading to his bowel (can't remember the name), and spot in his lung. They aren't going…
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just finshing up high dose interferon
Well my husband is just finshing up the high dose interferon and it's been rough on him, seems like he has had it all and Iam wondering how he is going to handle the shots at home. I guess iam thinking that he might feel a little better if he can sleep the side effects off at night. Iam looking for some support and other…
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MelanomaLevel4-survivor
Hi Guys, just to offer a word or two of support. Just under 2yrs ago I was diagnosed with a level 4 Melanoma. (I self diagnosed, got the refferal wrtten and faxed it off to the melanoma unit). As it wasn't a mole, or a freckle (just a slight red patch) they were unsure. A biopisy ws taken, and sure enough it was melanoma.…
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interferon for 6 months
Hello everyone. I was just wondering if there is anyone out there still on interferon and how they are doing. I was diagnosed with stage 3 metastic nodular melanoma last sept. I had just had my first child and then 2 weeks later found out. I had 2 surgeries, one on the sight and then one to remove my lymph nodes it had…
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cancer center questions
Just got results on Friday. Clarks' stage III. Question is, I have been referred from my doc to a ENT, because of the location (near the back of my neck. I have looked into this ENT and looks like he does deal with neck and throat cancer patients. My question is should I just go with this ENT my doctor recommends or should…