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Skin Cancer

anal cancer
I have just completed anal cancer treatment. Chemo/radiation. I was diagnosed at Stage II, NO, MO. Fortunatley, I have a great medical team that answers all my ?s. I would like to hear from anal cancer survivors. I will not know if the treatment worked for several months.
Newly diagnosed Melanoma
This is new and scary. 1.95mm malignant melanoma on left temple with microsatellites. scheduled to start Keytruda Immunotherapy this week and, at some point, have a Lymph di section. I have heard about FDA trying to Fast Track a new vaccine for melanoma that shows good results but not sure how far along. I am very thankful…
MITF gene mutation and Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma and Renal Cancer Questions
Hello my fellow survivors! I am officially as of today... 6 years remission from clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma! Of course, stage 1, 3CM tumor on lower right kidney diagnosed November 2017 thinking I had a gallstone. I had an open partial nephrectomy because my mass was close to the renal vein. I just did genetic testing…
Newly diagnosed melanoma on temple
I just had a mole biopsy from my left temple. Biopsy shows a 1b melanoma (.95mm not ulcerated). My oncology consult is two weeks away. Needless to say I’m freaking out. Trying to be positive but I’ve convinced myself I won’t make it a year. I should never use google probably…. My biggest fear is leaving my wife and kids…
Persistent SCC on my ear
I've had BCC and SCC appearing on my face, head and neck for over 10 years. Depending upon the frequency of its recurrence I visit my dermatologist every three months or every six months. Treatment regimen has included cutting, burning, freezing the sites or applying the 5fu ointment. Three years ago a BCC became invasive…
new diagnosis BCC
I just received diagnosis via phone yesterday. In denial. I went to derm to remove a wart and he? How long I had that blemish on the side of my nose near my eye. It has been there approx 2 years. It is smaller than a pencil eraser and is light almost white looks like a mosquito bite. I have been covering it with makeup not…
Melanoma
Hello Im new here. Was diagnosed with Stage 2B melanoma May 2023. I had a cyst on my scalp that was melanoma. Did surgery and removed alot of tissue from my scalp (22 staples and 4 stitches). My pet scan showed no other cancer. I started immunotherapy (Keytrunda?) in August 2023. I was doing great and then had a ct scan…
Punch biopsy for suspected melanoma for spouse
I am a retired RN, and despite working in medical field for 51 years, I simply cant get a decent appt for spouse. Frankly to me it looks like melanoma but of course may not be. But it does have the characteristics ( the most notable being new growth of dark area with irregular borders, unable to measure diameter due to…
Metastatic Melanoma
Diagnosed with metastatic melanoma June ‘22, surgery in August… removed 5” from scalp, rt parotid gland, and 50 lymph nodes from neck (14” incision). The surgery went well. I have been on immunotherapy for 12 months which has eliminated 10 more tumors (as of September ‘23). But, in January of ‘23 when multiple tumors were…
Eccrine Carcinoma
Just diagnosed two days ago with (cutaneous eccrine carcinoma). Not a ton of information online about this outside of stuff that scares the hell out of you. Most of the feeds are pretty old which leaves me wondering if folks got better and went on with their lives or .....not so much? I'm really anxious and scared still…
Symptoms of Skin Cancer
Can any one tell me clearly the symptoms of skin cancer? My girl friend have pimples having brick reddish circles around it. Skin Cancer Prostate Cancer Breast Cancer Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Colorectal Cancer Bladder cancer Leukemia Kidney Cancer Thyroid Cancer Endometrial Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Osteosarcoma
Squamous skin cancer diagnosis
Hello all: I'm new here, and my thanks in advance for any guidance from one or more of you seasoned survivors. I was diagnosed this past Friday with squamous skin cancer, with two legions approx. 3cm apart. One showed up about 4-5 weeks ago and the other 2-3 weeks ago. Neither is bigger than 1cm. I haven't yet received the…
porocarcinoma survivor story... please
I was first diagnosed with Squamous cell, but when the labs came back it was worse, porocarcinoma which is apparently much nastier and easily spreads, I think. Did a CT which came back normal. (yeah!!) I have a great doctor with a postitive attitude, but they all talk about the best case scenario. I have a small wonderful…
Treating squamous cell carcinoma on face
Has anyone used fluoruracil cream for squamous cell carcinoma on the face( forehead)? How was your experience as far as pain, side effects and was there anything you used, did to help with side effects....creams, ice pack,etc. ?
Squamous cell carcinoma
My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma. It was a rare occurrence since it started in his finger from an infection in which they removed the top part of his finger. Apparently they did not remove all of the squamous cell and it traveled up his arm to his lymph node under his armpit. Then it traveled…
Skin cancer
Hello I am new to this page . I have a squamous cancer on scalp . My primary diagnosised as fungal. A head neck doctor wants to do a wide excision...remove it to bone. Scrape bone ..pack with collegen. Sew a gause on it . Leave on for a week then let it granulate in and heal. Ivwill be under general anthesia. I am freaking…
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…
Polypoid nodular melanoma
New to forum was diagnosed with polypoid nodular melanoma with adjacent in situ melanoma 3 years ago. just wondering if anyone else on the network has been diagnosed with this variant of nidualat melanoma. thanks A
New to the forum
This 24 August was Diagnosed with stage 1B melanoma on my lower left back that was Clark’s level 4. Was removed a week later. PET CT done this last week due to heavy night sweating for a year and it revealed four malignant bilateral torso lymph node tumors that measured 1-3 cm and a 1 cm malignant tumor found on left…
stage 4 melastatic melanoma
Hello my husband and i are new to the page, He was diagnosed in 2012 with an abnormal mole we had noticed change over a years time . we went in and the removed it pie cut and he was cleared. went in for his check ups and everything was great until 9 weeks ago. my husband noticed a lump a small one forming under his left…
New member. Metastasized Melanoma
Hi all My name is. Mark and about 3 years ago I had a time spot is Melanoma removed from my scalp. They said it was in the initial stage and very very small. Last month ago I found a walnut size lump on the left side of my neck. It was found to be metastasized Melanoma and was started on keytruda. After my 3rd treatment i…
study finds milkweed sap cures bcc and scc!!!!
here's an excerpt from the article, and the link is below!!! But for the first time a team of scientists in Australia has carried out a clinical study of sap from Euphorbia peplus, which is related to Euphorbia plants grown in gardens in the UK. The study of 36 patients with a total of 48 non-melanoma lesions included…
Melanoma
Hello can there be a Board just for this type? Melanoma has returned to my lungs and would like to find others. thanks for your consideration autumn
Desmoplastic Melanoma
Hi all, I can usually be found in the colorectal cancer discussions (hubby dx), but I have a question for my boss. A year ago he had a pimple like bump on his ear. After it started to bleed, he went to docs. They did biopsy and found to be melanoma. They removed bottom portion of ear and several lymph nodes (which all…
Desmoplastic Melanoma on the thigh
Hi All: So I got hit with Desmoplastic melanoma. pT Category : pT4b pN category: pN1a I had surgery done for the primary tumor and the margins are negative. So the doc suggested this circulating DNA which seems to be the best thing out there to get a guaranteed look inside what is going. I am waiting for those results to…
Paranasal mucosal Melanoma
My husband has advanced stage paranasal Mucosal Melanoma that Metastasized to the frontal lobe - He had surgery and many rounds of radiation- It came back on the other side of the brain now- We have 3 daughters and the nuero team said no surgery options. yervoy and Novo did not work
Vaginal melanoma
This week, I was diagnosed with Vaginal melanoma. Prognosis doesn't look good for this type of cancer. Where can I turn for treatment?
diagnosis - DermTech
Hi All, A skin lesion developed a month ago. I had to wait for Dermatology appointment so I went for DermTech (non invasive diagnosis). The result came negative. A week later when I went to see dermatology doctor, he was asking be to do a biopsy to be sure. Nothing has changed during last one week. The lesion is flat and…
Melanoma removed from forearm
Hi, all. I was diagnosed with early onset melanoma last month, and had surgery last week to remove a coin-size piece of skin from my forearm. I am light skinned with freckles and noticed one freckle on my arm that was darker and getting bigger during the pandemic. Several friends pointed it out, and I had a doctor look at…
Anyone with ideas to help with the keytruda cough
hi, I am on my 3rd treatment of keytruda and my cough has gotten increasingly worse. I will go a couple hrs and just clear my throat a few times then the cough will return for hours..no rhyme or reason and it’s really getting to me. Several times the world started to go black from coughing so hard. Had a CT yesterday to…

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