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Sunscreens for preventive measure of skin cancer.....
I was recently treated for s quamous-cell carcinoma (skin cancer). Now I just had a dark mole removed from...
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Sunscreens for preventive measure of skin cancer.....
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Melanoma and the sun
I had a melanoma in 2005 and several pre-cancerous moles removed since. How long should I stay in the sun at...
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Can Melanoma Spread....
My mother had a mole type growth on her leg, her Dr cut into it before biopsying it. Turns out, it is...
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Skin friction that I could not explain the red spo...
Please let me start off my saying that I'm not looking for a diagnosis over the Internet and understand...
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6 year old has Freckle on bottom of foot
My six year old has a freckle on the bottom of his foot that seems to be growing. It's flat and odd shaped....
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6 year old has Freckle on bottom of foot
My six year old has a freckle on the bottom of his foot that seems to be growing. It's flat and odd shaped....
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melonoma skin cancer question
My mom was diagnose with melanoma skin cancer. The hole I put stuff and bandage was 1 1/2 cm and now she...
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precancereous lesions
hi , i am a 5 time melanoma survivor. recently during my dermatology exam's i have had a lot of precancerous...
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4th stage melanoma non surgical
started 2009 mole on my shoulder. Had it removed ,It had made it to my lymnodes. Did 250 shots in my stomach...
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4th stage melanoma non surgical
started 2009 mole on my shoulder. Had it removed ,It had made it to my lymnodes. Did 250 shots in my stomach...
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braf negative malignant melanoma
Hi all, My father was diagnosed with braf negative malignant melanoma, it is in the early stages (so he says)...
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Mole in eye (aka choroidal nevus)
I need as much information as possible about this condition. How serious is it? What are the treatments and...
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lymph node dissection
I have been diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma, with microscopic metastasis in the Sentinal lymph node. In about...
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Mom has melanoma
My mom (who is 73 years old) was recently diagnosed with melanoma on her calf. She had surgery about 2 weeks...
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A second round of melanoma
Hello. I found out yesterday I have stage 1 melanoma. Six moths ago, I was diagnosed with stage 2, and...
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Gold pendant leaves stain on my skin? Or is it sus...
My last visit to my Dermatologist revealed on my upper chest a slightly asymmetric, 3/8" in diameter, brown...
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melanoma & gallbladder polyps
I would like to know if polyps on your gallbladder can be associated with melanoma
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melanoma & nodes
I was diagnosed with melanoma 1b on my right knee Jan 2012, it was removed & sentinel node in groin was...
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Metastatic Melanoma
I am starting IL-2 treatments on Monday of next week. Can anyone give me any tips or information on what to...
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Throbbing pain at site where precancerous melanoma...
Wondering if anyone had a place on their body where tissue that was precancerous melanoma was removed using...
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Melanoma Reoccurence in Primary Scar
I had a radical wide excision on my right forearm 5 months ago. Two other incisions were made for lymph...
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melanoma of lower eye lid
My 84 year old aunt was just diagnosed with melanoma of the conjunctiva inside her lower lid. The area was...
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stage 2 melanona
I recently had 3 excisions done on my back. After the first procedure was done the pathology results showed no...
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squamous cell
I just found out that the small lump on my right arm near my wrist is squamous cell cancer. The lump appeared...
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invasive extramammary pagets disease
Hi I am from New Zealand and have found this site. I too have invasive extramammary pagets of the vulva...
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skin cancer/lymph nodes
I came from my dermatologist yesterday. They have decided to do a lymph node byopsy. I am 63 and have had...
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Pre cancerous skin lesion
I have a deep red patch on the bridge of my nose. I just had a biopsy done, last week. The results came...
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Starting Yervoy (ipilimumab)
looks like I will be starting Yervoy approx Nov 1. I was diag w/colorless melanoma in Oct 2011; had the...
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NEW WebMD Answers!
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