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MELANOMA UNDER THE NAIL
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has any one here ever experinced melanoma under their finger nail?i had melanoma in october 2006. i just noticed a black streak under my thumb nail. it kinda lo...
406/01/07 Message Rating
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experimental treatment in mexi...
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I am looking for a last resort treatment, as all else available has failed.  my boyfriend (age 43) does not qualify for any of the vaccines in trial (ex: d...
205/23/07 Message Rating
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Awaiting a biopsy(Is 1.5 month...
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Hello,I had a dermatology appt to check a mole recently and it turns out another mole I've had since I can remember concerned the doc because it had "3...
405/23/07 Message Rating
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Stage IV Melanoma
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My mother has just been diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic melanoma.  The latest scans are showing lesions in her liver, lungs, behind her kidney, some bon...
505/12/07 Message Rating
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Carboplatin - Paclitaxel - BAY...
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I am considering starting this Phase III clinical trial. Does anyone have any information on side-effects and effectiveness. Some personal success stories would...
205/12/07 Message Rating
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Just diagnosed-doc not interes...
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I had a biopsy of a "freckle" on my eyebrow-derm called me 2 weeks later and said it was malignant melanoma and to see a plastic surgeon asap. His wor...
505/12/07 Message Rating
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Stage 1 question
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I was just diagnosed with Stage 1 melanoma.  I am suppossed to have it excised on Monday but I have an appointment with an oncologist tomorrow to see if I ...
405/09/07 Message Rating
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Surgeon Opinion
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I'd like to ask those of you who have had this experience for your opinion.  My mother had a melanoma mole excised 13 years ago.  During rece...
204/25/07 Message Rating
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Need some inspiration husband ...
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Hello,I am in London, my husband has Stage Iv Melanoma and is fading fast - we went over 5 years with nothing and then it came back in his lung - after an opera...
504/23/07 Rated by 2 members
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Emotional Support
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My sisters husband was just diagnosed with Stage III melanoma.  I would really like some advice on how to be supportive through this.  I'm not rea...
504/20/07 Message Rating
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peg-interferon
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Has anyone heard of peg-interferon? I am concidering a test trial for stage 3 melanoma. All of the info is so CONFUSING. Please let me knoeThanks 
204/20/07 Message Rating
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How do they determine what sta...
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This is all new to me, and I will read up on it, but how do they determine the Stage level?  I've heard that all my life, but I don't know what it ...
204/18/07 Message Rating
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is this normal?
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I have a mole on my neck that I have had for as long as I can remember. It is symmetrical and pretty much a uniform color, about 1/4". Recently it has been...
104/17/07 Message Rating
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April 2007 monthly follow up: ...
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TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients. Last month's post recalled three landmark studies from the 1980's that found the 1,25D hormone is m...
104/17/07 Message Rating
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Stage IV
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My husband was just diagnosed with stage IV melanoma.  Two years ago he was a Stage III patient and he underwent 1 year of interferon.  Now they have ...
904/16/07 Message Rating
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met to liver, spine
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My dad has just been given a prognosis of 3-6 months. He has spots on his liver 'too numerous to count', several places in his lumbar spine, a 5.5 cm tu...
204/14/07 Message Rating
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The sun is not our friend!!! M...
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I am new to the board, but not to cancer.. My wife had breast in 05 and had mastectomy in 06. We fought this thing together and she finally came to grips w...
004/14/07 Message Rating
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mucosal melanoma
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Please reply to my message, if anyone has every been diagnosed with Mucosal Melanoma.
1304/13/07 Rated by 1 members
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my father will be getting an o...
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I am so new to this I do not now where to begin. my Father will be under going an operation on Monday to remove a very large mass of stage 4 melanoma on his bac...
304/11/07 Message Rating
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All members please read!
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As a new forum member (my mom has metastisized melanoma), I have been reading as many comments as possible and responding when appropriate.I am wondering what y...
904/08/07 Message Rating
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surviving stage IV melanoma
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At the age of fifteen, I noticed a small spot on my chest which began to grow. My doctor said it was nothing and to just watch it. When I was sixteen and a juni...
304/04/07 Message Rating
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Please help!
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I'm not sure if any of you can help me but I'm going crazy.  I had an abdominal ct done because of some mild left upper quadrant pain.  The re...
504/01/07 Message Rating
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advanced melanoma cancer
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I am wondering if anyone out there knows who the best melanoma cancer doctor there is. My fathe 72 was just diagnosised with advance mastatissed melanoma cancer...
603/28/07 Message Rating
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We lost Mom
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It is with such a heavy heart that I tell you my Mom (my best friend) died on March 3 with Stage IV melanoma.  It was only 3 1/2 months from first diagnosi...
703/20/07 Message Rating
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Metastatic Melanoma in Rectum ...
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Please help us to figure this all out!  My mother, last week on her 67th birthday, was diagnosed with inoperable metastatic melanoma in the rectum with met...
402/28/07 Message Rating
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