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      Scott_MK
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      Hi Jacki,

      Your oncologist's options sound limited.  Bedause they are a big research facility, and the #1 rated cancer facility and the #1 rated Melanoma clinic, please contact the MD Anderson cancer center.  They have the most options available for melanoma patients.  Phone  calls are cheap.  Get a second opinion! 

      You also need to be open to the idea of being in  a clinical trial.  Have you been checked for the BRAF mutiation yet?  You absoluely need to be because there are very viable options for those with the mutation.

      Melanoma and Skin  Center at MD Anderson (713)792-6800.

      Stage III melanoma is nothing to play with.  MD Anderson can give you the answers you seek. 

      Regards,

      Scott

      Recurrent, in-transit, Melanoma IIIc with 4 positive nodes.  I have no disease and have been in several clinical trials, one where they made a vaccinie out of my own blood cells.

      Scott_MK
      Participant

      Hi Jacki,

      Your oncologist's options sound limited.  Bedause they are a big research facility, and the #1 rated cancer facility and the #1 rated Melanoma clinic, please contact the MD Anderson cancer center.  They have the most options available for melanoma patients.  Phone  calls are cheap.  Get a second opinion! 

      You also need to be open to the idea of being in  a clinical trial.  Have you been checked for the BRAF mutiation yet?  You absoluely need to be because there are very viable options for those with the mutation.

      Melanoma and Skin  Center at MD Anderson (713)792-6800.

      Stage III melanoma is nothing to play with.  MD Anderson can give you the answers you seek. 

      Regards,

      Scott

      Recurrent, in-transit, Melanoma IIIc with 4 positive nodes.  I have no disease and have been in several clinical trials, one where they made a vaccinie out of my own blood cells.

      Scott_MK
      Participant

      Hi Jacki,

      Your oncologist's options sound limited.  Bedause they are a big research facility, and the #1 rated cancer facility and the #1 rated Melanoma clinic, please contact the MD Anderson cancer center.  They have the most options available for melanoma patients.  Phone  calls are cheap.  Get a second opinion! 

      You also need to be open to the idea of being in  a clinical trial.  Have you been checked for the BRAF mutiation yet?  You absoluely need to be because there are very viable options for those with the mutation.

      Melanoma and Skin  Center at MD Anderson (713)792-6800.

      Stage III melanoma is nothing to play with.  MD Anderson can give you the answers you seek. 

      Regards,

      Scott

      Recurrent, in-transit, Melanoma IIIc with 4 positive nodes.  I have no disease and have been in several clinical trials, one where they made a vaccinie out of my own blood cells.

      Scott_MK
      Participant

      Hi Jacki,

      Your oncologist's options sound limited.  Bedause they are a big research facility, and the #1 rated cancer facility and the #1 rated Melanoma clinic, please contact the MD Anderson cancer center.  They have the most options available for melanoma patients.  Phone  calls are cheap.  Get a second opinion! 

      You also need to be open to the idea of being in  a clinical trial.  Have you been checked for the BRAF mutiation yet?  You absoluely need to be because there are very viable options for those with the mutation.

      Melanoma and Skin  Center at MD Anderson (713)792-6800.

      Stage III melanoma is nothing to play with.  MD Anderson can give you the answers you seek. 

      Regards,

      Scott

      Recurrent, in-transit, Melanoma IIIc with 4 positive nodes.  I have no disease and have been in several clinical trials, one where they made a vaccinie out of my own blood cells.

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