Fumaderm and hormone injections

[jiml]

Just had a phone chat with my dermatologist who has had some inconclusive answers from the makers of Fumaderm. we had a long discussion and agreed to keep on with the tablets and monitor my bloods more closely, and have a meeting in a couple of months to review the situation, if there are any significant changes she will phone me and negotiate the future.
Meantime I will act on Bills suggestion and Email Fumaderm for their slant on the subject.

* Loewe R et al. Dimethylfumerate impairs melanoma growth and metastasis 2006;66:11888-11896
and YamazoeY et al. Dimethylfumerate inhibits tumor cell invasion and metastasis by suppressing the expression and activities of matrix metalloproteinases in melanoma cells. 2009; 33:1087-1094

However fumaric acid esters interact with the immunosystem and thus theoretically could also facilitate tumor growth"

This is quite vague... fumaric acid esters repair part of your metabolism, of the energy cycle in your cells. (basically and simply said, because I am far from a doctor). It reduces inflammation, so inflammatory cells come to rest, I cannot sync this with the remark that it theoretically could facilitate tumor growth...
Water also interacts with your immunosystem, so theoretically this can also facilitate tumor growth....
I think the reaction of you dermatologist is more the fear of problems where he will be responsible for.

I am just confused and dont know if I should continue or not the answer seems ambiguous on the one hand it might inhibit the cancer then in the next sentence it could feed the growth

Do you sometimes feel a bit tiny? Do you have a long nose? Does your tail sometimes itch?
Than you have nothing to fear, because then you are a mouse, and tumor growth will go down.

Thanks Caroline I think you may have something there, you must have seen my nose and my tail does not itch it sometimes twitches. I am glad you sorted me out so now I know I'm a MOUSE Arrrrgh