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STAGE 1B ,MELANOMA-I'm Scared!
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Had surgery- and Sentinal Node biopsy- no cancer cells in margins or in lymphnodes. now oncologists want me to get a PET scan to make sure no melanoma has sprea...
1112/11/06 Message Rating
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Had a PET Scan and am REALLY S...
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This September I had a mole removed from my arm and it turned out to be Melanoma. I am only 31 years and of course FREAKED OUT!!!! I was a stage 1B Melanoma. I ...
612/11/06 Message Rating
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Stage I Melanoma w/ Interferon
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I recently had surgery to have a stage IB nodular malignant melanoma removed off my leg.  I am 28 years old and otherwise very healthy.  When I asked ...
312/09/06 Message Rating
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Possible Nodular Melanoma
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Hello, I can't believe I am writing this. I'm still a little numb. I am a 34 year old female, married and a mommy to two children. I went to my doctor yester...
412/07/06 Message Rating
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Rash & Interferon
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My brother has melanoma and has finished 1 month of intravenous interferon. He has also finished 1 month of the interferon shots M, W, and Fri. Just 11 more m...
112/05/06 Message Rating
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December 2006: is Melanoma a V...
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TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients. Melanoma incidence has been increasing right before our very eyes, alarmingly affecting much younger age...
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Will my Husband be Ok?
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I was writing to find out if anybody has any answers for me. My husband just found out that he has melanoma. I had watched a mole grow on his back and it took m...
312/03/06 Message Rating
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25 Years Old With Malignant Me...
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l just had a mole removed and just found out yesterday it is a malignant melanoma lm so scared l have to see a different doctor on the 7th of December and don't...
1212/01/06 Message Rating
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Treatments (any)
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Hi I'm 53 years young, I had mole removed some eight to night years ago. Was free until about 2 years ago. I have had 4 operations 3 to remove melanoma from th...
111/27/06 Message Rating
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Treatment/leukine
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I was diagnosed with my first malignant melanoma in January of 2006. They removed 30 lymph nodes and the melanoma at this time and did no treatment. I was ref...
1311/22/06 Message Rating
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Fertility and Interferon
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My husband had melanoma at the age of 23.The treatment he recieved was interferon and he is fine now. He is 29 now and we are thinking of having more children.W...
011/21/06 Message Rating
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is Your Mole a Safet One?
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I have a mole in my nipple region. I have been since I was born with that mole( I hope it is a mole) Now I'm 18 and something tell me to check for that thing on...
1311/20/06 Message Rating
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Matted Lymphnodes and Breastfe...
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Hi, I found a lump in my right armpit. I had an ultrasound on it and found that the lymph nodes were 3.5cm and matted. I have a history of stage I malignant mel...
311/20/06 Message Rating
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Help - Just Got The News...
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We just came from the doctor's office - about an hour ago. The oncologist suspects my Mom has Stage IV melanoma. She has now scheduled my Mom for a CAT scan o...
311/17/06 Message Rating
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November 2006: is Melanoma a V...
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TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients. A quarter-century ago, a group of researchers found that "human melanoma cells are responsive to 1,...
011/14/06 Message Rating
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Melanoma - Questions on Interf...
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My brother was diagnosed with Melanoma after removal of tissue from left calf. The dye tracked to the lymph nodes in his groin and he had those removed--only b...
1311/05/06 Message Rating
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+ Pcr Test
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Hello. I am wondering if anyone else has had the experience of a negative sentinal node biopsy but a + PCR test? I had the PCR as part of a clinical trial. T...
111/03/06 Message Rating
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my Mother in Law Was Just Diag...
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My name is Brittany. I've been doing some research online, but I'm getting more confused than anything. I got a phone call yesterday from a cousin to tell me ...
410/19/06 Message Rating
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Sucess With Vitamin c iv Treat...
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I have Stage IV metastic melanoma - one tumor on right leg and one on the left leg. I had interferon treatments 4 years ago for Stage III melanoma and the side...
310/17/06 Message Rating
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Incision Has Opened and Stoma ...
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My husband was diagnosed with rectal melanoma exactly 1 year ago today. He had surgery the end of November and they removed his rectum and sewed his backside s...
110/15/06 Message Rating
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October 2006: is Melanoma Simp...
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TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients. Doesn't anyone else find it curious that, of all the cancers being touted by researchers as Vitamin D de...
110/10/06 Message Rating
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Help
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i am a chinese, my sister got melanmoa,the problem is we have not enough money about the surgery,if someone who knows how to get relation help from organization...
010/07/06 Message Rating
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Diagnosed With Metastic Melano...
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I was hoping to find someone who may be able to let me know if they have been diagnosed with a similiar cancer? Has yours spread to any lymph nodes? Has yours s...
910/06/06 Message Rating
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Help With Staging? Anyone w/ m...
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Hello, My Dad was just diagnosed w/ his 2nd melanoma. This time it's malignant metastatic superificial spreading melanoma. It's on the top of his head, spread...
509/29/06 Message Rating
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Buzzed With Info...confused.
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Hi! My name is Becky. I am 37, and to my shook and dismay, I have been diagnosed with metastic melanoma. A section of lymph nodes in the groin were taken out an...
1409/20/06 Message Rating
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