CancerCompass message board discussion started by Rhrjst on 12/13/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,8273,0.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I've had 9 BCC removed over the past few years. Recently I had a wart removed off my right chest and my derm had it biopsied. I had left voicemails for the results but no return calls. I assumed (my bad) that it was nothing, until I received a letter eight months later stating it was Squamous cell. I went back and we could not locate the spot of the biop so they put me on Efudex twice daily over my whole chest area. I've been on efudex for two weeks now but there have been no results. Some burning sensation the first few days but no redness or inflammation at all. My derm was quite shocked to see no reaction after two weeks and has me using it for another two weeks. I realize the biop may have removed the SCC entirely but why no reaction? Rhrjst Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Sorry, I can't answer, but I am interested in hearing from someone who can.  I had some basal cell cancer removed from my face via surgery and then was told to use efudex on the rest of the face (4 weeks).  Since my chest gets substantial sun like my face, and I have often discovered "spots" that concerned me, I decided to do that as well.  After a couple of weeks my face was a wreck, but no reaction whatsoever on the chest.  I read in the instructions that if you don't have any reaction after two weeks, you just stop.  If there is something about reactivity in different areas of the body, I would like to know that. Tessieca Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT I have been using Efudex now for 10 applications (twice a day) with absolutely no reaction what so ever. I asked the nurse what's up but he said to keep using it and that some people react later than others.  He also said that the spots on my face might not be ak's so I asked him what they could be and he gave them a name that ,unfortunately, I did not write down but is basically a name for non precancerous spots. I'm totally confused as I know  these spots are from sun abuse (doesn't that mean precancer spots?) and if this doesn't work I will have to find another way to get rid of them. I had been using retin A and I had quite a reaction from that. It will take a couple of years of itching and burning to eliminate spots with the retin A. The doctor didn't say that I might have ak, he said I do. Maybe he was wrong. TONCES Tonces Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT