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Melanoma Discussions

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Elderly father just diagnosed
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My 77 year old father was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma last week.  We are awaiting the results of a pet scan and mri to see if the cancer has spre...
203/04/08 Message Rating
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I hate to do this, but I have ...
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I have been on this message board for a long time....gathering information and listening to all of your advice etc.  It has been very helpful both informat...
403/04/08 Message Rating
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Another Good Check Up!
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Friday, my husband had his 4 month check up at MDA...NED!  Yeah!  Praise God!  Here's to the next 4 months.......
103/03/08 Message Rating
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Advice
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I had a melanoma in situ removed from my right cheek in April of 05 and I had it removed by a plastic surgeon on the advice of my dermatologist. It recurred in ...
602/28/08 Message Rating
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deciding on treatment
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My husband and I were married in June 2007 and he was diagnosed with melanoma only a few months later in September.  He had a mole on the back of his ...
1302/25/08 Message Rating
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I was diagnosed with Clark Sta...
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In 1999 I began noticing a suspicious mole on my right arm. Over the course of 9 months I had 2 doctors examine it and they both said "it's nothing to ...
502/21/08 Message Rating
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Intron treatments
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My husband has been going through the first few weeks of treatment. He has been having SEVERE headaches with the treatments and high fevers and chills. He has b...
502/20/08 Message Rating
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mucosal melanoma
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Rare type of cancer in the nose, please provide any treatment information of studies. tried Sutent, made me violently ill, has anyone been in this study?
302/19/08 Message Rating
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I was wanting to know if any o...
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I was diagnosed last summer with Melanoma and it spread to my spleen.Now I have a lot of little bumps on my temple and under my hair line on my head.At first ...
202/18/08 Message Rating
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Can anyone give me any advice?
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My friend has brain mets, malignant melanoma, stage IV.   Since last summer he has had radio, temozolomide, more radio and has now been told he will h...
202/15/08 Message Rating
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Treatment
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I just had a malignant melanoma tumor removed and a Sentinal Node Biopsy which came back positive.  I am scheduled for a Pet Scan and then surgery within t...
502/13/08 Message Rating
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Agent Orange
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Agent orange / Vietnam Go to veterans affairs / Agent Orange  and can find lots. need help let me know and I will help.Jo ann
002/10/08 Message Rating
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interferon in teenager
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Has anybody opted out of using interferon therapy (stage III) after their doctor recommended it?  After much research (up to date research), I found t...
502/05/08 Message Rating
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Be in a melanoma educational v...
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Hello,I am producing a video about melanoma for middle school and high school students in New England. I am seeking teens and young adults diagnosed with melano...
002/01/08 Message Rating
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mgus
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I have had Mgus for 4yrs and it stayed the same. 3month age I found a Melanoma on my . My doctor is concern that mgus is changed. My blood work has been the sam...
001/26/08 Message Rating
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I'm looking for survivors
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My brother has recurrent melanoma.  I'm desperate to find survivors who can help me help my brother.  It's in his spine and lungs.  One o...
701/25/08 Message Rating
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Is it an ingrown hair or melan...
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A friend of our family recently had surgery for Stage 2 Melanoma.  She did not need radiation or chemo, but she was completely freaked out and scared ...
101/19/08 Message Rating
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Maxillary sinus based melanoma
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My husband was diagnosed in August with malignant melanoma in his left maxillary sinus.  He has since undergone surgery to remove the maxillary sinus compl...
001/17/08 Message Rating
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Please help with some info!!!!
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My sister has stage IV metastatic melanoma, she was part of a clinical trial using carboplatin/taxol. The results on the scans after 4 rounds were not good and...
901/13/08 Rated by 1 members
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limb
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has anyone had a limb perfusion to there leg 
212/31/07 Message Rating
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Can nonmalignant moles itch to...
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I've read some things online regarding itching being a sign (or possible sign) of cancerous changes in a mole.  I had the offending mole removed yester...
112/29/07 Message Rating
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liver/spleen problems
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My husband has Melanoma. He has completed his month long interferon treatment and is into his third week of the 11month mtnce of interferon injection 3x we...
212/20/07 Message Rating
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Melanoma
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My friend, diagnosed in March 2007, with metastatic melanoma, has responded well to Temodar and a variety of other meds, for a reduction of 50% of original tumo...
212/20/07 Message Rating
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brain tumor affecting behavior
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Has anyone had the experience of spouse's melanoma has traveled to the brain and he gets very agitated and confused and it is unsafe to care for him at home...
712/14/07 Message Rating
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Possibly melanoma?
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Hi everyone, I'm a 16 year old male and I am beginning to get worried about a small little dark brown circular freckle/mole on my left shoulder. It's be...
212/05/07 Message Rating
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