mikengineer2

Am interested in Halcur's upper arm excision. My incision looks like a shark bite, about 30+ sutures. It starts 3" above my elbow to 3" below my right shoulder and back across/down to about 6" above the elbow. Looks like a shark fin. It healed very well in a short time ( 3 weeks) with no grafting. Stretched tight but look ok. (relevant). I also decided that the Inteferon was not a viable solution as this trial has greater end potential.  Does anyone know if the Inteferon is now synthetically derived, or is continued to be extracted from apricot pits.

Am interested in Halcur's upper arm excision. My incision looks like a shark bite, about 30+ sutures. It starts 3" above my elbow to 3" below my right shoulder and back across/down to about 6" above the elbow. Looks like a shark fin. It healed very well in a short time ( 3 weeks) with no grafting. Stretched tight but look ok. (relevant). I also decided that the Inteferon was not a viable solution as this trial has greater end potential.  Does anyone know if the Inteferon is now synthetically derived, or is continued to be extracted from apricot pits.

Am interested in Halcur's upper arm excision. My incision looks like a shark bite, about 30+ sutures. It starts 3" above my elbow to 3" below my right shoulder and back across/down to about 6" above the elbow. Looks like a shark fin. It healed very well in a short time ( 3 weeks) with no grafting. Stretched tight but look ok. (relevant). I also decided that the Inteferon was not a viable solution as this trial has greater end potential.  Does anyone know if the Inteferon is now synthetically derived, or is continued to be extracted from apricot pits.

I have just been accepted into the POL-103A Trial. I too had a right upper arm deep melanoma and am doing very well. N.E.D. but a high risk due to Irish whiteness, toxin exposure and sunlight burns as a child. The quick response at the UMDNJ and the Cancer Center at Hackensack may have very well saved my life. I had a 2mm diameter mole on the right upper arm that I tore off in some sticker bushes. It got ugly and I went to the derma. It was in the over 4.00 deep stage and I was moved very quickly through the oncology system at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. The efficiency, expertise and overall caring at this huge facility still amazes me ! The POL-103A trial was not available at this facility and I was referred to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Hospital for the trial.

I am wondering what, if any side effects anyone has encountered as they progress through the trial.

Thanks, Merry Christmas !

Mike

I have just been accepted into the POL-103A Trial. I too had a right upper arm deep melanoma and am doing very well. N.E.D. but a high risk due to Irish whiteness, toxin exposure and sunlight burns as a child. The quick response at the UMDNJ and the Cancer Center at Hackensack may have very well saved my life. I had a 2mm diameter mole on the right upper arm that I tore off in some sticker bushes. It got ugly and I went to the derma. It was in the over 4.00 deep stage and I was moved very quickly through the oncology system at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. The efficiency, expertise and overall caring at this huge facility still amazes me ! The POL-103A trial was not available at this facility and I was referred to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Hospital for the trial.

I am wondering what, if any side effects anyone has encountered as they progress through the trial.

Thanks, Merry Christmas !

Mike

I have just been accepted into the POL-103A Trial. I too had a right upper arm deep melanoma and am doing very well. N.E.D. but a high risk due to Irish whiteness, toxin exposure and sunlight burns as a child. The quick response at the UMDNJ and the Cancer Center at Hackensack may have very well saved my life. I had a 2mm diameter mole on the right upper arm that I tore off in some sticker bushes. It got ugly and I went to the derma. It was in the over 4.00 deep stage and I was moved very quickly through the oncology system at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. The efficiency, expertise and overall caring at this huge facility still amazes me ! The POL-103A trial was not available at this facility and I was referred to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Hospital for the trial.

I am wondering what, if any side effects anyone has encountered as they progress through the trial.

Thanks, Merry Christmas !

Mike