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basal cell carcinoma treatment
My 27 yo child has recently been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. It is located on his neck. They are suppose to schedule a Mohs procedure sometime soon. He had this spot for over a year before getting it examined by a dermatologist. My question is whether I should encourage him to take IVM before his procedure or after or at all since this is a slow growing skin cancer and not melanoma. I work in healthcare and have become very disillusioned. I want to help him be proactive.
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I had had that condition on my arm and shoulder a few months ago, along with two melanomas within the last 3 years. I am mid 70s age wise and have been taking IVM since the Covid hit as a preventative but stopped recently (no point in taking it said my IVM friendly internist). That indicates to me that IVM did not prevent or help the minor skin cancers. The BCCs were removed by biopsy followed by electro surgery. Skin surgery with wide enough margins and subsequent lab testing of removed tissue resolved the melanomas. I believe my skin cancers have been in areas that have been shielded from the sun in later years; however I was an avid runner in my 50s and ran some with my shirt off. You may find writings by Midwestern doctor and perhaps Mercola interesting–sun exposure (avoid burning) is good; sunscreens are suspect for the chemicals they have. If you want to see a photo of the surgical site for my arm melanoma please let me know. Glad this condition with your child was caught in time. I have quarterly visits with my derm as followups of my skin cancer (full body visual check as well as for swollen lymph nodes.) Best wishes.
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I wouldn’t do a Moh’s until he tries the prescription cream. I am not sure
what it’s called but it often works. My sister was scheduled for
Moh’s on her nose and I heard about this cream from a plastic
surgeon. She asked her dermatologist/plastic surgeon about it and
he said “okay, you can try it, it might work.” The basal cell
went away and completely healed. This was almost 10 years ago. -
Dermatologists, ya gotta love ’em. One of the higher paid occupations. Because they typically have a captured audience.
With that said, I completely understand. I suffered the same level of service for years before anyone told me about ‘the med’. It is, “Flourouracil cream, 5% 40g tube. It works on ‘some’ pre-cancers, but not all. If you insist that your doctor write a script for it, they typically will. It’s really not dangerous.
The general protocol is twice a day for two weeks. But I’ve never had to use it that much. Maybe once or twice a week for two weeks.
I don’t know what the IMA has to say about it, but I’ve used that cream when the right side of my face was about 60% covered with a pre-cancer ( that felt like broken glass in your face when you rub it). I applied the cream on the target area and let it soak in for about 15-20 mins. Once dry, I added a solution of DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide) – 99.9% solution – with one (clean) finger moderately over the cream area. Prior to the treatment, the area was painful to touch. The day after, it was gone! Does it work that way all the time? No, but it addresses several issues of that sort.
One MOA of the DMSO is it takes whatever is on the surface of the skin and pulls it down past the epidermal tissue. As such is like an ‘afterburner’ for the cream. My dermatologist is aware I’m doing this and recommends that I continue my therapy. DMSO also promotes the healing of injured cells!
Hope this helps…
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My husband was diagnosed with a spot of squamous cell CA. We used IVM cream for about a month prior to his Mohs surgery. Interestingly, the area we had been using the cream was clear. He still had a very small area that was removed with the surgery. It made us wonder if the IVM cream could have cleared it entirely if we had used it longer and perhaps twice/day instead of once and on a larger area. It was a trial experience, but it obviously made some difference!
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When I attended the IMA conference in 2024, I spoke to Dr. Kathleen Ruddy, a retired cancer surgeon and speaker at the conference, about my brother who had the same diagnosis, she suggested we make a paste from ivermectin tablets, and to keep that on the sink in the bathroom, and rub it on the area a few times a day. It worked for my brother and Dr. Ruddy said it had worked for many of her patients too.
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Look up solasodine (made of eggplant) . I think it is called Epicure. You can buy it on line. Acyclovir is for squamous cell lesions. Solasodine often works to remove basal cell carcinomas. I do not know how the time factor would effect its usefulness but it is cheap and harmless.
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Ooops! Sorry I am inept on the computer. The solazodine icream that removes basal cell lesions is called Curaderm.
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Hi @pax agnus please download our free guide on the use of repurposed drugs to treat cancer, there is a section for basal cell carcinoma https://imahealth.org/research/cancer-care/
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Thank you. I did look at the repurposed drugs for cancer manual and found it very helpful. One of the responses to my question also mentioned the Chlorine dioxide book by Pierre Kory which I have found to be extremely interesting as well. Thank you for all the information
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Keep us posted 😊
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