Hi everyone, My mum's recently got the results from her third scan since finishing ipi/nivo for stage 4 in January and transitioning onto maintenance nivo. It's good news, for the third scan in a row we've discovered that the cancer is shrinking. Her...
2 years ago I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Melanoma and had a SLNB and WLE, results were clear. About a year ago an area on my face felt rough, I've used Klisiri ointment twice but its returned. My consultant has prescribed Efudix, a 30 day treatment. On...
Dab tran is it okay to take 10am & 10pm before bedtime?
Hi, I have just found out that I have secondary melanoma. 3, tumours (are they tumours???) , in my lungs. Previously . I have had a mole removed on my back and lymph nodes in both arms. Only one lymph node had cancerous cells, measuring less than a mm...
Hi all I had a WLE surgery on my 1a melanoma last Thursday (24/10). Even after a week I’m still getting some bleeding. I don’t have any dressing as it’s on my vulva just two layers of stitches and glue. I’m just wondering whether to call the hospital...
Hi, My mum has been going through this journey for almost a year to treat 2 moles. On one of the moles the WLE still had cancerous cells on the edge so she had a second back in June. She was originally told that it was stage 1a for this particular mole...
Sorry this is a difficult post, but just wondered if anyone who has had the ipi/ nivo combined immunotherapy, and now on the nivo maintenance has been given a prognosis. My partner has now had his 9th nivo maintenance dose, out of a possible 25, and...
Hi, I had my original Melanoma in situ removed from my leg in 2016. Earlier this year I noticed a red rash appear on the scar site. this has been confirmed as being Melanoma again. I have had a WLE as punch biopsy confirmed this & stated it was 0.4mm...
Diagnosed with Stage 2B melanoma. Original biopsy margins clear, CT scan head and trunk clear. Plan is Wide area excision, SLNB and adjacent targeted treatment. Said yes to SLNB but having doubts. Seems main benefit of SLNB is to give some idea if targeted...
Looking to see if anyone else has similar issues. Initially had 2 operations, then have been on a blinded clinical trial so won’t know which drug/ combination I have received. Treatment stopped after 5 months out of the planned 12, due to side effects...
