Trailer Park Casanova
03-14-2007, 08:42 AM
My wife works in cutting edge, state-of-the-art cancer treatment.
Chances are if you live in the Southwest, and you need specialty Cancer treatment, you may meet her.
But a even better chance you'll survive to meet her again for a Silver Bullet at the Sand Bar.
That is, if you catch your cancer early, you'll survive.
Take it seriously, check it out:
60.000 people a year in the US get Melanoma. 48.000 worldwide die from it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Melanoma_malignum.jpg/225px-
Despite many years of intensive laboratory and clinical research, the sole effective cure is surgical resection of the primary tumor before it achieves a thickness of greater than 1 mm.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Melanoma_2.jpg/220px-Melanoma_2.jpg
Melanoma stages:
Stage 0: Melanoma in Situ (Clark Level I), 100% Survival
Stage I/II: Invasive Melanoma, 85-95% Survival
Less than 1.00 mm primary, w/o Ulceration,
Stage II: High Risk Melanoma, 40-85% Survival
1.00-2.00 mm primary, w/ Ulceration
Stage III: Regional Metastasis, 25-60% Survival
N1: Single Positive Lymph Node
Stage IV: Distant Metastasis, 9-15% Survival
If you have Melonoma:
You have been given a diagnosis – NOT a death sentence
Melanoma survival statistics describe a ‘group’ of similar patients…. but they may have NOTHING to do with YOUR chance of survival
In advance Stage melanoma, there is NO one “RIGHT” answer (or “BEST” treatment) option for your melanoma
The BEST melanoma patient is an ACTIVE PARTICIPANT in his or her treatment (not a PASSIVE RECIPIENT) .
Risk factors include the following:
Family history of melanoma
Red or blond hair and fair skin
Presence of multiple birthmarks
Development of precancerous lesions
Obvious freckling on the upper back
Three or more blistering sunburns before age 20
Three or more years spent at an outdoor summer job as a teenager
High levels of exposure to strong sunlight
Chances are if you live in the Southwest, and you need specialty Cancer treatment, you may meet her.
But a even better chance you'll survive to meet her again for a Silver Bullet at the Sand Bar.
That is, if you catch your cancer early, you'll survive.
Take it seriously, check it out:
60.000 people a year in the US get Melanoma. 48.000 worldwide die from it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Melanoma_malignum.jpg/225px-
Despite many years of intensive laboratory and clinical research, the sole effective cure is surgical resection of the primary tumor before it achieves a thickness of greater than 1 mm.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Melanoma_2.jpg/220px-Melanoma_2.jpg
Melanoma stages:
Stage 0: Melanoma in Situ (Clark Level I), 100% Survival
Stage I/II: Invasive Melanoma, 85-95% Survival
Less than 1.00 mm primary, w/o Ulceration,
Stage II: High Risk Melanoma, 40-85% Survival
1.00-2.00 mm primary, w/ Ulceration
Stage III: Regional Metastasis, 25-60% Survival
N1: Single Positive Lymph Node
Stage IV: Distant Metastasis, 9-15% Survival
If you have Melonoma:
You have been given a diagnosis – NOT a death sentence
Melanoma survival statistics describe a ‘group’ of similar patients…. but they may have NOTHING to do with YOUR chance of survival
In advance Stage melanoma, there is NO one “RIGHT” answer (or “BEST” treatment) option for your melanoma
The BEST melanoma patient is an ACTIVE PARTICIPANT in his or her treatment (not a PASSIVE RECIPIENT) .
Risk factors include the following:
Family history of melanoma
Red or blond hair and fair skin
Presence of multiple birthmarks
Development of precancerous lesions
Obvious freckling on the upper back
Three or more blistering sunburns before age 20
Three or more years spent at an outdoor summer job as a teenager
High levels of exposure to strong sunlight