Melanoma skin cancer drug trial

Tony Bev · Guru

Melanoma skin cancer drug trial

Sarco Harris · Senior Member

21 years to late for my older brother Alex. Dead from melanoma 51 and one month years old.
Over his later life he had numerous lumps, bumps and suspect spots removed/treated. Though never scanned. Which would have picked it up EARLIER!

To be fair, as kids he would be on the beach on his towel while the rest of us were swimming, surfing, snorkling and diving. Later in life, in the RAAF (Radar Technician Ground) he was posted to Townsville for a number of years and thought nothing of working in the garden of his married quarter in shorts and safety boots. When he was finally scanned in 2005, his primary was 63cm long and extended from his left breast, over his shoulder under his shoulder blade and almost reaching his spine. Too late by then! In his lungs, right knee, left hip, left kidney and right ankle. Treatment kept him going from Easter 2005 to 15 Jul 05, but really it was pointless.

DO NOT PUT IT OFF!, GET TESTED ASAP IF IN ANY SORT OF DOUBT - DO IT

-- Edited by Sarco Harris on Thursday 20th of August 2026 07:31:10 PM

Ineedabiggerboat · Guru

Very good advice.

Craig1 · Guru

Thanks for that, have a relo who gets more than a few.

Ineedabiggerboat · Guru

Re Sarcos tragic history Id like to add another where cancers were found by accident. I had haemorrhoids and the bum doctor was going to surgically remove them. While in there he noticed something unusual so immediately stopped the procedure and I had CT and MRI scans. It showed bowel and lung cancers. Luckily two different cancers. Six weeks of concurrent chemo and radiotherapy followed by a partial lung resection. Three years and luckily still in remission. It gets worse. My wife had scans for recurring back issues. One scan showed a lump which lead to a radical hysterectomy followed by chemo followed by radiotherapy. That finished back in March. A scan in May showed a 3mm growth on one lung. A scan in July showed that 3mm growth had grown to 6mm and there were other smaller growths confined to her lung. The Multi Disciplinary Team recommended she go on hormone therapy which she started yesterday. Review effects in three months. So in summary, cancer hides in the body is often found by accident. Sometimes its found in time, sometimes not. Give yourself the best chance by getting checked regularly. If you can afford it, have a CT scan every year or two. It may save your life.