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Mother is 86 she had melanoma 15 years ago. Brother had a mole removed from his chest in 1998. It was melanoma. He was told not to worry, they got it all. He started coughing up blood in March of this year. He was told by his GP to go to an oncologist who then told him he had lung cancer. At this point my brother lost use of his right arm and was falling a lot so oncologist wanted him to get a brain MRI. We couldn’t get the doctor’s scheduler to call us back. VERY frustrated this was at a different oncologists office than who we are with now. While we were trying to get an appointment David had a seizure, From that point, the nightmare has begun. Not thrilled with the hospital system he is in.
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the patient's sister
Initial Diagnosis Month

March
Initial Diagnosis Year

1998
Stage at Diagnosis

Stage 1
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