Lana R
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      • February 5, 2014 at 10:15 pm
      Lana R
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      I have been Stage 3C for 16 years and have not progressed to Stage 4. I had a supposedly benign mole removed on my left shoulder in 1986. I had 3 matted positive nodes removed in my left axilla in 1997 making me Stage 3C. I was in a Phase 1 vaccine trial at NIH in Bethesda, MD in 1998. There were 38 of us in the trial and there are 3 of us left. The trial did not go on to Phase 2. One male in the trial is now age 66 and has been Stage 4 for over 20 years. Melanoma is very unpredictable but not everyone advances. See your doctor and be vigilent, but enjoy every day of your life!

      • February 5, 2014 at 10:15 pm
      Lana R
      Participant

      I have been Stage 3C for 16 years and have not progressed to Stage 4. I had a supposedly benign mole removed on my left shoulder in 1986. I had 3 matted positive nodes removed in my left axilla in 1997 making me Stage 3C. I was in a Phase 1 vaccine trial at NIH in Bethesda, MD in 1998. There were 38 of us in the trial and there are 3 of us left. The trial did not go on to Phase 2. One male in the trial is now age 66 and has been Stage 4 for over 20 years. Melanoma is very unpredictable but not everyone advances. See your doctor and be vigilent, but enjoy every day of your life!

      • February 5, 2014 at 10:15 pm
      Lana R
      Participant

      I have been Stage 3C for 16 years and have not progressed to Stage 4. I had a supposedly benign mole removed on my left shoulder in 1986. I had 3 matted positive nodes removed in my left axilla in 1997 making me Stage 3C. I was in a Phase 1 vaccine trial at NIH in Bethesda, MD in 1998. There were 38 of us in the trial and there are 3 of us left. The trial did not go on to Phase 2. One male in the trial is now age 66 and has been Stage 4 for over 20 years. Melanoma is very unpredictable but not everyone advances. See your doctor and be vigilent, but enjoy every day of your life!

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