MPIP: Melanoma Patients Information Page

Anyone familiar with Mohs where the first layer was down to the fat layer, silver dollar size.  On my face, 25 stituches externally.  I am in shock, scared and need some suggestions or comments from someone who can explain why just one layer, so deep.  Not sure what happens next, other than wiating for pathology.  Mohs surgeon said to call them in one week.  

Hi all ~  It's been a very long time since my last post....which is good, since I've been busy living life!  Last night I found that one of my freckles has become raised, and itchy.  Obviously, since I'm a stage 3 survivor and NED for almost 10 years I know that this is nothing to overlook.  My question is this....should this be a recurrence what would a treatment plan look like since I've already had lymph node involvement 10 years ago?  

After an apple sized tumor removed and a full foot of small intestine removed, Kevin is home! Not only home, but home and NED! The doctor removed the tumor and there were no others to be found! I am a happy camper right now! Time to recover at home and start the 'watch, wait and scan' phase of life. Words cannot describe how grateful I am to all of you for your thoughts, prayers and words of encouragement.

Today is February 9, 2014. 

Hi all,

My wife had SRS done on a single met a week before xmas. The same day we reintroduced ipi. The last couple weeks she has what she has called pressure behind her eyes and just a funny feeling. She is certain she has another met. She is scheduled for her post ipi scans and mri in early march and does not want to get it done earlier. Curious if anyone else has had this feeling after SRS? Thanks

I have been to hospital this afternoon and have been told that i cannot have gamma knife radiation cos the brain mets i have are smaill in mass. Am i right in thinking this is better than having large ones or am i just in denial? 

thanks 

Sal

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The new method identified a highly potent compound that causes cancer cells to attack themselves and die. (Source: The Scripps Research Institute/Disney lab) The new method identified a highly potent compound that causes cancer cells to attack themselves and die. (Source: The Scripps Research Institute/Disney lab) In research that could ultimately lead to many new medicines, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a potentially general approach to design drugs from genome sequence. As a proof of principle, they identified a highly potent compound that causes cancer cells to attack themselves and die.
 
“This is the first time therapeutic small molecules have been rationally designed from only an RNA sequence—something many doubted could be done,” said Matthew Disney, an associate professor at TSRI who led the study. “In this case, we have shown that that approach allows for specific and unprecedented targeting of an RNA that causes cancer.”
 
The technique, described in the journal Nature Chemical Biology online ahead of print, was dubbed Inforna.
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