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Skin Cancer Discussions

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question
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I'm new to the board and I'm sorry to hear about some of the complications people have experienced. My question is: I have aldara in these little p...
107/14/07 Message Rating
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A few worries
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Hi, I am 15 years old. I am worried about getting/having cancer.I have what is called a halo nevus on my face. ( 2 actually) and one seems to be getting more no...
206/27/07 Message Rating
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Radiation for Skin Cancer
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Have any of you been offered radiation therapy for your skin cancers??Most derms to offer it and it is Malpractice not too.  Particularly if the surgery is...
306/24/07 Message Rating
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New to board - starting Carac
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I'm on day 8 out of a projected 3 week treatment for AK.  I knew to expect redness and considerable discomfort, so I've planned this for my slowest...
406/12/07 Message Rating
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I need some encouragement
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I am 45 yrs old, married, and have a 11 year old son. I had mohs surgery on May 23rd for 2 skin cancers, one on my check and one on my right temple. This h...
2106/11/07 Message Rating
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Some Advice, please, I AM FREA...
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Here is my story, I am 24 and I have tanned since I was 15. About two years ago, I got what I thought was the start of a mole on my right arm. I never thought...
306/10/07 Message Rating
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Research for Efudex treatment
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Hello, I had a BCC removed with a Mohs Prodecure from my upper lip in March 2007. I am now researching the Efudex treatment. My dermatologist recommended it....
006/09/07 Message Rating
Discussion started Caregiver
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basal cell carcinoma gone into...
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My husband had a basal cell carcinoma on ear, had it taken off, came back, had it done with Mohs surgery, came back, had 30 sessions of radiation, came back and...
406/09/07 Message Rating
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Carac Take Heart
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For those looking forward to this treatment, I found this message board of great help.  It gave me courage and keept me in touch with other people experien...
006/07/07 Message Rating
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Minimal reaction to Carac
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I have been on Carac for 22 days with minimal effect despite my numerous visible kerotosis. I have been told to stop the Carac and was given Efudex to apply 2x ...
105/29/07 Message Rating
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RAW from Carac - HELP!
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Has anyone else finished their Carac treatment and then been EXTREMELY raw?  I finished up my three weeks, then it dried and cracked, and now most of ...
205/15/07 Message Rating
Discussion started Caregiver
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May 2007 follow up: Is melanom...
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TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients. The last few months of posts utilized studies from the 1980's to not only reveal the precise cause of m...
005/15/07 Message Rating
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Re'side effects of carac and e...
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Hello everyone,I am on day 4 of carac but have only been instructed to apply it once a day on my entire face. I will have my follow up with the doc ev...
605/10/07 Rated by 1 members
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Hi guys! I'm a worry wart.. :...
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I'm 22 and have been tanning since I was around 16.  Not year round, basically just in the summer.  Well I've been tanning since February of t...
205/03/07 Message Rating
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efudex
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I have been using Efudex for two weeks now. Everything I have read tells me how painful it is.  I have NOTHING.  Why is this and has anyone else ...
504/30/07 Message Rating
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New to Carac
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Well, I'm new to the message board and new to Carac.  I've had 2 Mohs surgeries, one quite invasive on the side of my nose that has left a nasty, l...
204/24/07 Message Rating
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Carac Treatment
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I'am a 50 year old grandmother who loved being suntaned until recently.  I 'am now on day 9 of the Carac treatment.  I have been reading the p...
604/23/07 Message Rating
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Help Me !! I have been left i...
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OK, heres my story in a nutshell.  I have had a patch of what I thought was excema on my right shoulder for at least a couple of years.  I even pointe...
1504/22/07 Message Rating
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Sounds Strange, but Western On...
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My Father had a bad case of skin cancer(regular treatment so far not good)  and I suggested that he should place a western California onion slice...
104/20/07 Message Rating
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Efudex and DPD enzyme deficien...
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Efudex and DPD enzyme deficiencyDoes anyone know exactly what the symptoms are if you have DPD?I took myself off Efudex this week. I’d been using it since...
004/12/07 Message Rating
Discussion started Caregiver
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STAGE 3 SQUAMOUS CELL SKIN CAN...
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my husband has been diagnosed  with stage three squamous skin cell carcinoma with perineural involvment and which metastized to the local nodes which were ...
104/09/07 Message Rating
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Efudex
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Have done the left side of my face last Sept.   Top of my (bald spot) head this year.  Will do the right side of face come Sept of this year then...
104/05/07 Message Rating
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Efudex on Arms/2 Bend or Not 2...
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I have a pretty large group of scabs in the bend of my arm, elbow area and I am trying not to straighten my arm because when I do the scabs reopen.  I'...
003/27/07 Message Rating
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First Time SCC
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Hi.  This website is extremely helpful and I hope I can be a helpful source to others. If I just had Moh's Surgery on my face for a squamous cell carci...
103/22/07 Message Rating
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post Carac red blotches
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Please, does anyone know how to diminish the ugly red blotches resulting from Carac use on hands and forearms?I finished treatment over three weeks ago.  I...
203/22/07 Message Rating
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