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Husband's death
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My husband lost his two year battle with mucosal melanoma on August 9He had wished to make medical history with this disease and fought valiantly to do so. ...
109/14/07 Message Rating
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My dad had melanoma
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This is the first time I have wrote anything here. I have looked at the board plenty of times. My dad was diagnosed with melanoma in 2005. He went to MD Anderso...
209/13/07 Message Rating
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Can I go on holiday
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I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma stage 1 in July of 2006.I was very lucky as I noticed it very early and so it was only very thin and I was able to have ...
309/09/07 Message Rating
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Internal Bleeding due to Tumor
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My father was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melenamo earlier this summer.  At the time of the diagnosis he had internal bleeding as a result of the tumor.  H...
109/06/07 Message Rating
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Two failed sentinel lymph node...
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I was recently diagnosed with a thick melanoma tumor, and I just had my local wide excision.  They attempted for a second time to try to find my sentinel l...
208/31/07 Message Rating
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Stage IV Melanoma..is there an...
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My husband and I feel like we have been backed into a box medically speaking and have only our faith keeping us strong, Dr's aren't giving us any o...
408/28/07 Message Rating
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I am confused
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My FIL called us last week with a diagnosis of stage IV melanoma on his neck.  He said his doc told him it was "stage 5 on some other scale and stage ...
308/23/07 Message Rating
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Rectal Melanoma
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I was diagnosed with rectal melanoma last year while I was pregnant.  No it was not hemroids like many doctors insisted.  Happy that I had a great fam...
108/22/07 Message Rating
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Melanoma, Lymphoma, A Cold or ...
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I have had a bean shaped lump on my neck for as long as I can remember.  I recently went to the DR to have it looked at and she ordered a CBC test.  M...
108/21/07 Message Rating
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help
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my good friend has malignant melanoma in the last stages.  her 6 children are willed to my husband and I.  the cancer is spreading everywhere.  i...
308/21/07 Message Rating
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Velcade/ PS-341 Clinical Trial
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Does anyone have experience with the stage II clinical trial for a drug administered as PS-341 with carboplatin and paclitaxel (for metastasized melanoma)? PS-3...
008/20/07 Message Rating
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anguish
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From Melanoma mom.  I just went back to review my message.  Forgive my spelling errors.  I'm so upset about this entire death and the way Jas...
208/19/07 Message Rating
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Melanoma Molecular Map Project
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I was wondering if anybody has come across the new website dedicated to melanoma molecularly targeted therapy called MMMP (Melanoma Molecular Map Project, www.m...
008/19/07 Message Rating
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son's death July 22, 2007
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I hope someone who reads this can help me with many questions. My son Jason died July 22, 2007 Melanoma.  It ravished his entire body and then went to his ...
508/18/07 Message Rating
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Have lump under arm with puss
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I was diagnosed with stage 1B melanoma on the top side of left arm a year ago. Had excision, SNB, 1 Lympnode removed, and a PET scan. All came back clean. Ever ...
108/17/07 Message Rating
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mayo clinic
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For the last 2 years, I have been doing my checkups and treatment at mayo clinic.  I was just wondering if anyone else has been treated there and what they...
008/12/07 Message Rating
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Would like information metast...
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My aunt has had melanoma for 22 yrs.  She is a red head with freckles who broiled in the sun like the rest of us baby boomers.  She is 58.  Since...
308/08/07 Message Rating
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Losing my Mother
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I have just recently lost my mother to Melanoma. My mother was dx in January of 2007 and thought by removing the initial lesion she was cancer free. In March sh...
508/06/07 Message Rating
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My husband has 2 mybe 3 months
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Hi I was reading some messages posted and read that some have done this thing called interferon..Well my husband first had melanoma in 2005 which had spread to ...
908/04/07 Rated by 1 members
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Fukoidan appears to be helping...
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In May 2007 there were a number of moles on my back. A new mole had appeared on my right shoulder. There were also three areas of bright-pink skin with what app...
008/04/07 Message Rating
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When cancer came to vist
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April 2007, my husband was diagnosed with Melenoma. He acually had melenoma in 1985 found in a mole in his back. The Dr. removed the mole plus surrounding tissu...
108/03/07 Message Rating
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melanoma on chest
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I ama 25 yr old female who recently was diagnsed with stage III melanoma.  In June I had a mole removed from my right breast.  It was diagnosed to be ...
407/29/07 Message Rating
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Clinical trial for Stage 4 Mel...
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My father has been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. Due to his age, chemo wasn’t a real option and eventually, after researching the clinical trials, we m...
007/29/07 Message Rating
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Clinical Trials - any advice?!
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My mother-in-law has just been diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic melanoma. Does anyone know of people who have been successful in clinical trials?&nb...
407/29/07 Message Rating
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Husband's mother just diagnose...
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My husband's mother has just been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. She had a melanoma 10 years ago and about a month ago they found a tumor in her brain ...
107/28/07 Message Rating
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