Hello and thank you for your question. Very sorry for your husband's diagnosis. Has he sine met with an oncologist to discuss the findings of his testing results? Please give us an update and we'll discuss further. Metastatic deposit of melanoma means that it actually originates from somewhere else. I'm sure that is an issue of concern. Again, please update us. Staging of melanoma is complex. https://www.cancer.
I would like to know what Melanoma stage is the following diagnosis:
Gross description: 25X10X2 MM
Adjacent to an area of fibrosing granulation tissue, there is a subtle proliferation of melanocytes that are arranged as single units at the dermoepidermal junction.
Diagnosis: Healing biopsy site and focal proliferation of melanocytes as single units at the dermoepidermal junction.
I am 32 yr old female with metastatic cutaneous melanoma. For the past month I feel very bloaded, my belly area feels sore, cramping, narrow stools, and today I saw some type of white mucous in my stools. My belly is big, it looks like if I am 4 or 5 months pregnant. I have been reading for colon cancer symptoms and I am thinking that the melanoma has spread.
It would be more crucial if you know how high your risk is for developing metastatic disease. This would be based on characteristics such as depth of invasion and the presence of ulcers.
In general, involvement of melanoma on an arm would mean involving lymph nodes near the axilla first before involving the lung. The description of the lung cyst also doesn’t sound like metastasis. Offhand, there doesn’t seem to be any clear reason to worry much.
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My brother ( who is Caucasian and of English ancestry ) just had a melanoma removed from the bottom of his foot. Melanoma can kill you if you let it go. I'd be safe rather than sorry. What's the cost of having a mole removed vs. possibly developing metastatic melanoma? I think the "wait and see" approach is good for stuff like colds, pulled muscles, sprained knees and backs. These will not kill you. Melanoma left to grow will.
I am a 59 year old woman with multiple health issues, including a histoy of metastatic melanoma (was in 5 lymph nodes) and also SLE (lupus) diagnosed one year before the melanoma was diagnosed, but likely present for years.
I am (I hope) in remission for the cancer (6 years thus far) and was with the lupus, but may be having a mild flare.
We know the tumor is in a slightly different area than it was originally. He is in treatment (Temodar for the second time) for the third recurrence of his tumor. We have always been told it is in an area where surgery has not been an option. The oncologist does say he believes it is a higher grade. We think he believes it is glioblastoma but he won't say that definitely without doing another biopsy.
That was the fasted they could see me. I am seeing my specialist for the melanoma that same day for my 6 months check up so I will mention it to him as well. At my last appointment he had suggested that I have dome of my enlarged lymph nodes biopsided especially the supraclavicular and the one at the back of my neck. Perhaps I should follow his advice.
worth of atypical dysplastic nevi when my first and only early melanoma appeared. I go every 6 mos for checkups and check my back every time of the month as a reminder to look in the mirror! I have no familial connection to melanoma and the Dr's are amazed given the extensive am't of dysplastic nevi I have all over. My Melanoma was removed '07 and all clear since then.
Early detection is key.
Hello, I had a suspicious mole on my neck removed in June and it came back as mild-moderate dysplastic nevus with differential diagnosis of early melanoma in-situ. The area was re-excised with 3mm margins. Since then I have had the slides re-evaluated by UPenn Dermatopathology and their diagnosis was Severe dysplastic nevus with differential diagnosis of evolving melanoma in-situ.
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The presence of abnormal cells (dysplasia) in a mole on biopsy indicates that there is a high risk (more than double) for development of a melanoma. The entire mole and a margin of normal tissue around it need to be removed. Usually once a mole has been removed, chances of recurrence are minimal.
Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer which can spread to several parts of the body and leads to the greatest number of deaths.
Anyway, your information that there are new drugs for treating metastatic breast cancer in trials is very encouraging (?). Oh for the brain I had before chemo fog! I have been dealing with this disease for over 10 years now and I am working towards living for another 30, no matter how much my husband cries. Thanks again and if you find any other info with regard to treating my type of cancer I would be very grateful to hear about it.
Shielah.
2- Would having the area of the skin where the mole was, as well as the surrounding skin area as well, biopsied (or analyzed for traces of melanoma cells) be a viable option to definitively know if this was malignant melanoma?
3- If I had a chunk of skin removed where the mole used to be (as explained in #2), would that cause a functional or cosmetic deformity to my finger? The mole was on the middle joint of my middle finger, near the joint.
I appreciate you taking the time to read my post.
Glad to hear she is doing better. The steroids may have a bit of side effect themselves so if she gets a bit moody - it is the pills.
Keep us posted and we wish you both well.
In her 30 day follow-up they have referred her to a Dr in SF 4 hours away to check for tumor behind eye. We have been told she has blood behind eye and they want to check for a tumor.
We are going to the Doctor on Friday what questions should I ask. We are overwhelmed at how hard this is on my aunt and not sure what level of care she is going to require going forward.
There is really no point in scanning every inch of your body for metastatic cancer, because absolutely no test will pick up micro, or very small, cancer cells. So, the chemo is both curative and preventative.
just because your cancer has spread to your lymph nodes that does not mean you have metastatic, or stage 4 cancer.
like yours, my cancer was also described as metastatic because of the lymph node involvement.
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