Melanoma Research Foundation | AZSoCal | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/azsocal/activity/ Activity feed for AZSoCal. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:31:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 767bde4cec352453eb815c3e86e453a5 AZSoCal replied to the topic Question about pathology reports in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/question-about-pathology-reports/#post-277214 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:49:05 -0400 @Ed,
Thank you! Super helpful context. I was with UCLA originally before transitioning to another center. I was not under Dr Ribas’ care but I had heard good things.

@Mark,
Thank you as well, and glad to hear you found success in this treatment path. I’m generally encourage that TVEC probably had some positive effect, and while I’ll never truly…Read more

]]> b7dfe15eb4c67639b69882cb9fdcf0db AZSoCal replied to the topic Possible recurrence after 5 years… need a crash course on the latest treatment in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/possible-recurrence-after-5-years-need-a-crash-course-on-the-latest-treatment-2/#post-277209 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:50:47 -0400 Thanks JT and sorry to hear about your situation. I’m glad your doctor was diligent.

In my case, melanoma was detected during the biopsy. I just completed surgery after electing to wait a couple months to treat with TVEC and Pembro (see my most recent post).

As far as I know, I’m back to being NED again but still have another year+ of Pembro to…Read more

]]> 600d0b7b1a9260aa83dd4c2d6f7e84b5 AZSoCal started the topic Question about pathology reports in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/question-about-pathology-reports/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:35:55 -0400 Hi All,

How detailed are typical pathology reports? Is my experience (below) typical?

Background…
I had a recent recurrence in a lymph node near the surface of my chest. Instead of having surgery immediately, I elected to do T-VEC in parallel with Keytruda.

Without going into too much detail, my future treatment options are potentially…Read more

]]> 770ae9d0a1dd30a29f35b1f5e8004d31 AZSoCal started the topic Possible recurrence after 5 years… need a crash course on the latest treatment in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/possible-recurrence-after-5-years-need-a-crash-course-on-the-latest-treatment-2/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 22:34:23 -0400 Background…
I was diagnosed with Stage IIIC melanoma almost exactly 5 years ago, just before my 41st birthday.
After two surgeries (WLE/SLNB + CLND), I started a IPI/Nivo combo trial but only made it through 4 infusions (1 combo + 3 nivo only) before being removed from the trail due to cardiac inflammation. The cardiac inflammation subsided…Read more

]]> 3939ef5a6142019f14305ccdb2ef2307 AZSoCal started the topic in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/possible-recurrence-after-5-years-need-a-crash-course-on-the-latest-treatment/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:15:56 -0400 Background…
I was diagnosed with Stage IIIC melanoma almost exactly 5 years ago, just before my 41st birthday.

After two surgeries (WLE/SLNB + CLND), I started a IPI/Nivo combo trial but only made it through 4 infusions (1 combo + 3 nivo only) before being removed from the trail due to cardiac inflammation. The cardiac inflammation subsided…Read more

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