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Efudex with calcipotriol for pre-cancers on scalp

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@hello1234 Hi- I had already changed to Sirolimus because it had a malignant melanoma on my chest from a few months before. For the top of my head I was prescribed Fluoricil cream daily for 4 weeks and that completely got rid of it and it hasn't recurred anywhere else. I get a dermatologist full body exam every 3 months now. I am not using anything for skin right now. I've a few biopsys for new stuff but none of them turned out to be cacerous and just went away on their own. Never tried blue light therapy. My face hasn't been an issue yet ( other than how much I'm showing my ever advancing age, but that's not surprising as I stare at 80th birthday coming up). My dermatologist has a dermatological surgeon in her office and she did and an excellent job leaving no residual. She told me that melanomas can't be done with MOHS so we had a full on surgery.

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Thank you so much for the details! Since I have had multiple MOHS for squamous carcinoma situ and basal carcinoma each year on my scalp and face, my transplant team and dermatologist are on the fence on whether I should switch to sirolimus now.
Are you a kidney transplant patient?
Did the Sirolimus replace your Cellcept (MMF) or the Tacrolimis? Did you have any issues or side effects switching to sirolimus or smooth sailing?
Thanks a million for all your hand-holding. I really appreciate all your help with this! My on-going skin cancers are my main concern right now.