i have mycosis fungoides skin cancer can this be cured?
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not usually. A few people with stage 4 disease are cured after a stem cell or bone marrow transplant but this is not the norm for most people. Mycosis fungoides is a chronic indolent cancer of the skin that can be treated and managed to where you don't need drastic treatments like a BMT. About 90% of patients have the indolent form where you can live with it for 30 years or more. About 10% have aggressive disease requiring aggressive treatment in order to avoid a bad outcome. \n\nIf you have stage 1 disease (most common stage at which people are diagnosed) chances are you will lead a normal length life and your MF will not progress if you begin regular treatment now. Some treatments are as simple as using a corticosteroid cream regularly on affected areas of skin. Some people need various other treatments to keep their skin clear of symptoms. MF is not a one treatment fits all type of skin cancer but it is usually highly treatable. Suggest you go to the ACOR website and join the non-commercial listserv for MF patients (about 1000 members currently)\n\nhttp://listserv.acor.org/archives/ctcl-mf.html\n\nand also read up at\n\nhttp://www.clfoundation.org/\n\nhttp://emedicine.com/med/topic1541.htm\n\nTechnically speaking mycosis fungoides is a type of lymphoma that manifests first on the skin and it is not an autoimmune problem.
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Skin cancer is a malignant growth on the skin, which can have many causes, including repeated severe sunburn or long-term exposure to the sun. Skin cancer generally develops in the epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, so a tumor is usually clearly visible. This makes most skin cancers detectable in the early stages. There are three common types of skin cancer each of which are named after the type of skin cell.\n\nThe most common types are \nbasal cell carcinoma (BCC) and \nsquamous cell carcinoma (SCC) \nwhich may be locally disfiguring but unlikely to spread to other parts of the body. \nThe most dangerous type is malignant melanoma, which can be fatal if not treated early, but forms only a small proportion of all skin cancers.\n\nOther types of skin cancer are:\n\nDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans \nMerkel cell carcinoma \nKaposi's sarcoma \n\nFor more Details about skin cancer Prevention, Genetics, Causes, Treatment, Screening and Testing, Cancer Literature, Research and Related Information, Statistics.\nhttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/melanoma
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I'm not sure about treatment, but for info check out the leukemia and lymphoma society. Also, there are several books written on it, so check your local library. I don't remember the names of any of them, but some of them were pretty easy to understand.
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Go get a consultation with a dermatologist. In extreme cases medication can be prescribed that can have dramatic results. Many times topical creams and cleansers are enough to remedy the problem.
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go see a dermatologist.
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There really is not a cure, I have it to. Nothing really seems to work though for me. Dermatologists say that it is hereditary but I don't know if i believe that. My parents never had it, which would make it unlikely that they would carry a gene for it. I want to one day cure it though. Because it is not a fun condition to have.
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mycosis fungoides is a rare form of cancer resembling eczema. If you have this form of cancer consider the water cure with mega doses of Vitamin C and cottage cheese with flax seed oil and a peaches or mixed fruit internally and walnut oil externally.\n\nIf I had this condition, I would drink 6-8 glasses of distilled water with sea salt daily.\n\nTake a supplement called potasium iodide to prevent toxins from damaging my iliver.\n\nDrink apple juice daily.\n\nI would also switch to a mainly fruits and vegetable diet.
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So sorry. \n\nI think a good place to start would be to check leukemia or cancer organizations online to see if they list any resources or have news of experimental treatments and contact the doctors/hospitals directly.\n\nHope this helps and you get well soon.
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It is very treatable. Try lotimin AF. No one who is not immune compromised will keep it forever
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HMM..  I would make sure that the DR diagnosis of Tinea was accurate.\n\nOne of the best ways to cure any fungal infection is to think where does a mushroom ever grow.   Desert (dry and sunshine)\n\nSometimes a short burst from tanning beds can cure since the UV will kill the fungus.  It will require a couple weeks, along with other dermatits medications.  Take your time and remember that it takes a bit of time and keep treating for 5-7 days after you don't see any more infected areas.
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I'm not sure if any doctor has cured it because there is no cure for cancer, yes we can kill it, remiss it but cure it? I don't know about that because the virus is still out there and living in people.\n\nWith blood cancer, the stem cells, bone marrow, and newer chemo's can remiss it and there is a chance that the person could always be living with cancer like people live with diabetes or asthma.\n\nHere is a link to a good reference site:\n\nhttp://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/blood-cancer-transplants0101
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Yes you can die from skin cancer, especially the one that originates from the mole. Its the most dangerous one out there. That is because it metastasises early. Metastasis is a process by which parts of the cancer breaks off and travels through the blood vessels or lymphatics to different parts of the body and starts grawing there. \nIf a cancer hasnt metastasised by the time it it is diagnosed there is a very good chance of complete cure if the cancer can be excised as a whole. If, however there has been metastasis, it becomes very difficult to search and destroy all cancer cells and these cells will eventually grow and destroy normal cells of the body and take away all the nutrition for its own growth, eventually causing death either by constricting a vital structure or destroying it.\nOf all the skin cancers melanomas( which arise from the mole) are most unpredictable and can pop up years later at wierd sitess just when you thought you had everything under control. \nOne must be very careful of the following skin changes\n a mole that \nsuddenly grows in size\nis irregular\nis multicolored(ie parts of it might be brown to red to black and not uniformly brown or uniformly black etc)\na lesion on the face that doesnt heal.\nIf you ever see anything like this, consult your doctor immediately.
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Its indeed a precancerosis, a lot of people have it, especially those who have been in the sun a lot in their lifes, its easily removed with a laser, so if you have some, you should best contact a dermatologist
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Yes. Your dermatologist can give you steroid pills and/or steroid injections that will help clear it up.
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I have not heard anything being cured. It improved research regarding Parkinson's disease, Colonial cancer could be caused by virus, and general cancer cells.
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We just have some treatments for cancer and TB.  I guess you can cure TB but I don't think they ever call it "cure" with cancer.  There are treatments for HIV that work with varying degrees of success.
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yeah, there is a good chance that you can cure cancer. to me, anything is possible. you just have to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.