Melanoma and Crohn’s Disease
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Melanoma and Crohn’s Disease

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    • March 5, 2012 at 6:30 pm
    Lori1976
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      I'm wondering if anyone else has both Melanoma and Crohn's Disease? I was diagnosed stage1 MM in 2000, NED until 2/12 when a biopsy showed MM insitu again on my abdomen.  In 2004 I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. It has been quite challenging treating an autoimmune disorder with a cancer history.

      I'm wondering if anyone else has both Melanoma and Crohn's Disease? I was diagnosed stage1 MM in 2000, NED until 2/12 when a biopsy showed MM insitu again on my abdomen.  In 2004 I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. It has been quite challenging treating an autoimmune disorder with a cancer history. I need my immune system in terms of keeping MM at bay, but it is that same immune system that is overactive in my intestines causing my body to attack itself.  I am not a good candidate for ant-TNF therapies and the immunomodulators also carry a cancer risk.  I am surely not the only one to be diagnosed with both diseases and I'm really searching for anyone with some advice. My doctors are at a loss, despite being treated in a University setting.

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