Is there really a one type treatment that will control 70% of melanoma’s,

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    • February 7, 2014 at 7:13 am
    JerryfromFauq
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      I am so glad to learn that Melanoma stage IV has been defeated!
      Think this reporter needs some education. She needs to learn more about what she is talking about. Can we help her?
      While I agree that Dr Weber is a great person, researcher, and melanoma Oncologist, the MRF should get at least part credit for the combination of drugs to fight melanoma. Tim has pushed joint treatment trials for several years and gotten the FDA and Congress to look harder at these efforts.
      This is a Good step for certain melanoma cases, certainly not for all, nor even for most! After listening to this, What do your friends think now about youR saying melanoma is a problem? Are you just a whiner? Don't you know anything????
      Wish it was true that like the reporter says, 70% of stage IV melanoma's will be contained by this (one type) treatment. She doesn't seem to realize that only 50% of Stage Iv melanoma patients are even eligible to try this treatment, so that reduces to about thirty-five percent maximum that will might have a positive response if it works in the most rosy scenario. She needs to learn more about the many types of melanoma's.
      http://news.yahoo.com/video/therapy-melanoma-patients-local-tie-232929575.html

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        • February 7, 2014 at 7:48 am
        JerryfromFauq
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          Excuse me, the news cast report says===Not the reporter.  the er shouldn't be there.  On another board I was told that I shouldn't say anything negative about" this great report that brought more awareness to the disease. Our glass is half full, not half empty."

               There was no mention that half of melanoma patients could not even try that treatment. I remember when Ipi was getting ready to be approved, many people told us that melanoma was being defeated we shouldn't be so bothered about it. This was if we could get them to acknowledge that malignant melanoma is more than just a "scrape it off" skin problem. Yes, No mention was made that is just a subset of melanoma patients. To me the glass in NOT even half full yet, not with the combination of IPI and BRF and MEK. Better yes, but still a long way from where we need to be. I don't want funding and attention removed from what we want/need to still get done. Did the report show that only a minority of people would have even a partial positive response? Or that we still have a long way to go, Did this really show that melanoma is still really so bad? 

          • February 7, 2014 at 7:48 am
          JerryfromFauq
          Participant

            Excuse me, the news cast report says===Not the reporter.  the er shouldn't be there.  On another board I was told that I shouldn't say anything negative about" this great report that brought more awareness to the disease. Our glass is half full, not half empty."

                 There was no mention that half of melanoma patients could not even try that treatment. I remember when Ipi was getting ready to be approved, many people told us that melanoma was being defeated we shouldn't be so bothered about it. This was if we could get them to acknowledge that malignant melanoma is more than just a "scrape it off" skin problem. Yes, No mention was made that is just a subset of melanoma patients. To me the glass in NOT even half full yet, not with the combination of IPI and BRF and MEK. Better yes, but still a long way from where we need to be. I don't want funding and attention removed from what we want/need to still get done. Did the report show that only a minority of people would have even a partial positive response? Or that we still have a long way to go, Did this really show that melanoma is still really so bad? 

            • February 7, 2014 at 7:48 am
            JerryfromFauq
            Participant

              Excuse me, the news cast report says===Not the reporter.  the er shouldn't be there.  On another board I was told that I shouldn't say anything negative about" this great report that brought more awareness to the disease. Our glass is half full, not half empty."

                   There was no mention that half of melanoma patients could not even try that treatment. I remember when Ipi was getting ready to be approved, many people told us that melanoma was being defeated we shouldn't be so bothered about it. This was if we could get them to acknowledge that malignant melanoma is more than just a "scrape it off" skin problem. Yes, No mention was made that is just a subset of melanoma patients. To me the glass in NOT even half full yet, not with the combination of IPI and BRF and MEK. Better yes, but still a long way from where we need to be. I don't want funding and attention removed from what we want/need to still get done. Did the report show that only a minority of people would have even a partial positive response? Or that we still have a long way to go, Did this really show that melanoma is still really so bad? 

                • February 7, 2014 at 4:43 pm
                arthurjedi007
                Participant

                  Wow. Yeah. Weird report. The medical folks are winning the mel epedimic finally for some with these zel/taf/mek/ipi/pd, etc which is great. But there is a huge battle needed to tear down the melanoma fortress so it works for more. There's also the huge wait to get trial treatments which are only available for a few. We just have to keep fighting so we are here when it happens.

                  • February 7, 2014 at 4:43 pm
                  arthurjedi007
                  Participant

                    Wow. Yeah. Weird report. The medical folks are winning the mel epedimic finally for some with these zel/taf/mek/ipi/pd, etc which is great. But there is a huge battle needed to tear down the melanoma fortress so it works for more. There's also the huge wait to get trial treatments which are only available for a few. We just have to keep fighting so we are here when it happens.

                    • February 7, 2014 at 4:43 pm
                    arthurjedi007
                    Participant

                      Wow. Yeah. Weird report. The medical folks are winning the mel epedimic finally for some with these zel/taf/mek/ipi/pd, etc which is great. But there is a huge battle needed to tear down the melanoma fortress so it works for more. There's also the huge wait to get trial treatments which are only available for a few. We just have to keep fighting so we are here when it happens.

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