Melanoma Research Foundation | snoe | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/snoe/activity/ Activity feed for snoe. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:53:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2046670be54be91ad2fba65be7bbea65 snoe replied to the topic I always forget to ask the right questions in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/i-always-forget-to-ask-the-right-questions/#post-274292 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:06:38 -0500

When Melanoma does form a lump under the skin is it like a 1 cm type hard hard mobile lump?

Hard and semi-mobile would be a good description of the palpable tumors I’ve had. I say semi-mobile because they won’t move far, and won’t stay there – they pop back in place. Generally I have noticed them when they’re bigger than 1cm!

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]]> 7532ef9fcbbe2fa129a62ba8e1a2deff snoe replied to the topic Any signs to know Braf/Mek drugs are working? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/any-signs-to-know-braf-mek-drugs-are-working/#post-273889 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:07:00 -0500 My anecdotal opinion is that the Braf/Mek drugs haven’t “felt like they’re working” in the way immunotherapy drugs have, with discomfort/inflammation at the sites of tumors. (That was my experience, anyway.) I was “lucky” to have several palpable tumors, and the targeted therapies did seem to be effective very quickly once I started them.

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