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| Douglas J Gordon - 2015-04-01 11:16 AM http://www.ksl.com/?sid=34059559&nid=968&fm=home_page&s_cid=toppick4
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| So. Does this mean if you have Herpes, you'll be immuned or less likely to die from melanoma ? lol
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BHW's Lance Armstrong
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Thank you, I don't know how to do that! |
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Location: South Dakota | Wonderful news! Thank you for sharing!
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| Douglas J Gordon - 2015-04-01 11:26 AM Thank you, I don't know how to do that!
you're welcome. Click the chain looking thing on the HTML bar ( where the font editing stuff is ) and copy and paste the HTTP link into it, just hit okay. =) should link it right up for you |
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | While this is wonderful news, people still need to have regular skin checks. And when the doctor says it is a melanoma go asap to get it removed. I wonder if this treatment will work in all stages of the cancer. Just this last week another young person under 25 came into our office 2 months after a doctor told her she had melanoma. It had grown so fast we could no longer deal with it in our office and had to send her to MD Anderson. Her outlook is not good at all. People just procrastinate and this is one of those things you cant wait on. Also, tanning beds are a huge contributor to this disease. That's why so many more young people are diagnosed with it. Sorry, I will step down off my soap box.
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Location: Kansas | They have found the same thing with brain tumors and an altered form of the Polio virus. Exciting times!! |
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Location: Utah | This news makes me happy. I was diagnosed with Melanoma when I was 29. It was honestly the scariest thing I have ever had happen to me. The Huntsman Institue where this research is happening is close by me. I still get full body checks every six months. |
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Location: NC | mreklaw - 2015-04-01 2:42 PM
While this is wonderful news, people still need to have regular skin checks. And when the doctor says it is a melanoma go asap to get it removed. I wonder if this treatment will work in all stages of the cancer. Just this last week another young person under 25 came into our office 2 months after a doctor told her she had melanoma. It had grown so fast we could no longer deal with it in our office and had to send her to MD Anderson. Her outlook is not good at all. People just procrastinate and this is one of those things you cant wait on. Also, tanning beds are a huge contributor to this disease. That's why so many more young people are diagnosed with it. Sorry, I will step down off my soap box.
Don't ever get down off that soap box!!!!!
I lost my mom a year ago to stage 4 melanoma. It had reached her liver and lungs. The Zelboraf was helping those lesions but the Cancer bypassed those areas and metastasized in her brain too. Two weeks later, we were making funeral arrangements. It was THAT fast. She battled longer than most from her diagnosis. Over a year. She had stage 2 fifteen years before.
Melanoma is extremely aggressive. And deadly. Once it gets past surgery stage, it is VERY hard to treat. Chemo doesn't work. Radiation only to an extent. IL2 is even splotchy in success. A few oral chemo drugs have success but only if you have a specific gene marker I believe it is.
Protect yourselves. Protect your children!! Be safe. Be smart. |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | hlynn - 2015-04-01 2:00 PM
mreklaw - 2015-04-01 2:42 PM
While this is wonderful news, people still need to have regular skin checks. And when the doctor says it is a melanoma go asap to get it removed. I wonder if this treatment will work in all stages of the cancer. Just this last week another young person under 25 came into our office 2 months after a doctor told her she had melanoma. It had grown so fast we could no longer deal with it in our office and had to send her to MD Anderson. Her outlook is not good at all. People just procrastinate and this is one of those things you cant wait on. Also, tanning beds are a huge contributor to this disease. That's why so many more young people are diagnosed with it. Sorry, I will step down off my soap box.
Don't ever get down off that soap box!!!!!
I lost my mom a year ago to stage 4 melanoma. It had reached her liver and lungs. The Zelboraf was helping those lesions but the Cancer bypassed those areas and metastasized in her brain too. Two weeks later, we were making funeral arrangements. It was THAT fast. She battled longer than most from her diagnosis. Over a year. She had stage 2 fifteen years before.
Melanoma is extremely aggressive. And deadly. Once it gets past surgery stage, it is VERY hard to treat. Chemo doesn't work. Radiation only to an extent. IL2 is even splotchy in success. A few oral chemo drugs have success but only if you have a specific gene marker I believe it is.
Protect yourselves. Protect your children!! Be safe. Be smart.
So sorry for your loss! It happens way too often. |
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Location: South Dakota | It amazes me how busy the tanning places are around here. |
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Location: Phoenix | What are some warning signs of melanoma?
im sure as a redhead who burns easily I have a higher chance...... :/ |
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Location: NC | hammer_time - 2015-04-02 1:14 AM
What are some warning signs of melanoma?
im sure as a redhead who burns easily I have a higher chance...... :/
ANY change in your skin should be taken seriously. They have the ABCDE of self checks to keep an eye on moles and freckles and any blemishes really.
A - asymmetry
B - border
C - color
D - diameter
E - evolving
More about prevention here: http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/melanoma/melanoma...
A dermatologist can map your skin to help you keep up with any changes. They are doing research on genes to see if any certain ones are linked to melanoma. A vaccine is being tested on melanomas in horses. Obviously light skin & eyes & hair are dead giveaways to your increased risk. I am olive/light skinned, dark hair & light eyes. Since my mother was diagnosed I am THREE times more likely to have melanoma. It's not necessarily genetic persay, but usually skin color & other contributing factors are genetic.
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Location: NC | mreklaw - 2015-04-01 7:10 PM
hlynn - 2015-04-01 2:00 PM
mreklaw - 2015-04-01 2:42 PM
While this is wonderful news, people still need to have regular skin checks. And when the doctor says it is a melanoma go asap to get it removed. I wonder if this treatment will work in all stages of the cancer. Just this last week another young person under 25 came into our office 2 months after a doctor told her she had melanoma. It had grown so fast we could no longer deal with it in our office and had to send her to MD Anderson. Her outlook is not good at all. People just procrastinate and this is one of those things you cant wait on. Also, tanning beds are a huge contributor to this disease. That's why so many more young people are diagnosed with it. Sorry, I will step down off my soap box.
Don't ever get down off that soap box!!!!!
I lost my mom a year ago to stage 4 melanoma. It had reached her liver and lungs. The Zelboraf was helping those lesions but the Cancer bypassed those areas and metastasized in her brain too. Two weeks later, we were making funeral arrangements. It was THAT fast. She battled longer than most from her diagnosis. Over a year. She had stage 2 fifteen years before.
Melanoma is extremely aggressive. And deadly. Once it gets past surgery stage, it is VERY hard to treat. Chemo doesn't work. Radiation only to an extent. IL2 is even splotchy in success. A few oral chemo drugs have success but only if you have a specific gene marker I believe it is.
Protect yourselves. Protect your children!! Be safe. Be smart.
So sorry for your loss! It happens way too often.
Thank you. I had no idea how deadly melanoma was until my mom was diagnosed the second time. I just couldn't believe a skin cancer could be so aggressive. It was really a full body Cancer. Her skin was the least affected. The tumor that caught their attention was behind her eye. That's how they found it. It was causing her problems. December 4th I got a phone call. They were running tests. I had just given birth to my youngest daughter. The day we brought her home is the day my mom was diagnosed. I'll never forget it.
That woman worked almost every day right up until about 3 weeks before she died. She died 7 months shy of her 50th birthday. |
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | Timber Creek - 2015-04-01 10:35 PM
It amazes me how busy the tanning places are around here.
Yes they are and tanning beds increase your risk of melanoma by 75%. |
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Location: Utah | mreklaw - 2015-04-02 5:24 AM Timber Creek - 2015-04-01 10:35 PM It amazes me how busy the tanning places are around here. Yes they are and tanning beds increase your risk of melanoma by 75%.
I only tanned in a tanning bed twice in my life. My melanoma was on my upper arm on my bicep an unusual place for it, I contribute it to always wearing tank tops when I ride. Check between your fingers and toes, have some one AND your dermatoligist check in your hair. Noses and ears are common places. |
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| This is wonderful news for a scary and common form of cancer. It is often easy to forget to cover up or reapply sun screen.. but I started keeping little bottles nearly everywhere. Being outside is such an everyday thing that we forget the dangers. |
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