FORUM POLICY AND GUIDELINES This forum is moderated by specialists in melanoma, primarily by volunteer dermatologists and oncologists on a weekly basis. In addition, Catherine Poole, President and Founder of the Melanoma International Foundation, a melanoma survivor, and patient navigator for 20 years and co-author with DuPont Guerry, MD a melanoma expert, of Melanoma, Prevention, Detection and Treatment, (Yale University Press: 2005) monitors this site many times daily. Information on this forum is not meant to replace the advice of a health professional. It may however, complement the relationship by empowering the patient and family member with knowledge. If you have any questions regarding this forum please email: cpoole@safefromthesun.org . Guidelines for Participants: Other users that are not moderators are not medical professionals. We ask participants to give references for any medical/health information they provide if it is not based on personal experience. Please only post information that you know to be true and correct. Any links or information on unproven commercial entities that promote a treatment or cure for melanoma will be removed. Please know that posts are visible to everyone and you are able to erase or modify as needed. All participants are expected to treat each other with respect and honesty and offensive posts will be removed without notice. If any ill-willed behavior continues, the participant will be banned from the forum. ADVERTISING & SPAMMING Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum email and Private message system to spam other members. ACCOUNTS You must register to post and each member is allowed one login account. Registering with multiple accounts is not allowed. RIGHTS OF THE MODERATOR Also while these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything