CancerCompass message board discussion started by Good Friend on 10/25/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,17392,0.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My friend, an otherwise very healthy 61 year old pilot, was diagnosed in March 2007 with Stage IV Melanoma.  He entered a clinical study and received several months of treatment (Temador) with 52% elimination of tumors.  In September, a CT Scan revealed that the contaminated lymph nodes (3 I beleive) in his lungs had not responded to the clinical meds.  He was given 96 hours of chemotherapy (Cisplatin, Vinblastin, Temador, Interferon Alfa and Interlukin).  He was VERY sick.  Stayed in the hospital 3 weeks.  He has recovered significantly and is at MD Anderson today for evaluation after a CT Scan and will begin treatment tonight.  The doctor said she did not recommend giving him Interferon or Interlukin for this round.)  The treatment has been effective so far I believe since he is 8 months down the road now and his cancer has not advanced.  WITH GOD'S HELP AND WONDERFUL CANCER RESEARCH I HOPE HE CAN BE THIS DISEASE. Good Friend Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT My son was on the same road map at MD Anderson.  I want to make everyone aware of being on this harsh treatment.  WATCH OUT FOR INFECTIONS? THEY CAN BE DEADLY!!!  Especially when the white counts are basically off the charts, and they white counts fight off infection.  They tell you about being very careful about infections, well I can testify. Dean in Georgia Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Thanks for responding and I and my friend are aware of the danger of infections. We avoid most public places and try to limit exposure to germs as much as possible. I hope your son survived his infection. My friend is doing quite well. Treatment has arrested the spread of cancer and eliminated 60% of the tumors. WE ARE HOPING FOR A MIRACLE!! Good Friend Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 10/25/2007 Good Friend wrote:My friend, an otherwise very healthy 61 year old pilot, was diagnosed in March 2007 with Stage IV Melanoma.  He entered a clinical study and received several months of treatment (Temador) with 52% elimination of tumors.  In September, a CT Scan revealed that the contaminated lymph nodes (3 I beleive) in his lungs had not responded to the clinical meds.  He was given 96 hours of chemotherapy (Cisplatin, Vinblastin, Temador, Interferon Alfa and Interlukin).  He was VERY sick.  Stayed in the hospital 3 weeks.  He has recovered significantly and is at MD Anderson today for evaluation after a CT Scan and will begin treatment tonight.  The doctor said she did not recommend giving him Interferon or Interlukin for this round.)  The treatment has been effective so far I believe since he is 8 months down the road now and his cancer has not advanced.  WITH GOD'S HELP AND WONDERFUL CANCER RESEARCH I HOPE HE CAN BE THIS DISEASE. That's great that your friend has responded to the chemo treatment.  My sister also has stage 4 metastatic melanoma in four lymph nodes.  Three were under her arms and one (huge-golf ball size) in her groin.  She got bio-chemo treatment at M D Anderson's in Houston.  The three under her arms are gone and they shrunk the one in her groin.  So far she has had two good scan reports and is going back in January for another.She received cisplastin, vinblastin, dicarbozine, interferon and interlukon.  She has to be hospitalized during the treatment and was very sick.  She received six treatments of each of those drugs.We continue to have hope but worry each time she goes to Houston.  She would love to hear from you and correspond about melanoma.  Her e-mail address is:  --Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at http://www.cancercompass.com/common/guidelines.html--  Good luck to your friend.Carolyn       Narnie Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT