Mestastic Melanoma

Dear Sue48, read your message and we are in a similar situation. Melonoma has returned to beside bowel area, but not in bowel. Had first chemo (sounds like Dazcarbizine), receiving once every 3 weeks and is very toxic. Has lost a lot of weight, is this similar with your case? Also was aenemic and passing blood but got transfusion, and blood seems to be holding ok. Apetite very poor and feeling very sick. Is your friend taking additional vitamins or supplements and are they eating? We live in Ireland, where ae you from? Have you checked out other treatments or opinions. Would really appreciate a response from you as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Cathy

Read your post. I'm stage V metastatic melanoma headed off to MD Anderson, Houston next week to explore my options for the above mentioned instrument to "non-invasively" operate on lung mets. Just enter Varian into any search engine to get information. It's specialty is primarily for inoperable tumors. I'ts new technology.
Basically two particle beams are crossed in the tumor which "nails the tumor". The accuracy has been reported at within a mm. Good luck. Hope this helps. This is not gamma knife.