Skin Cancer Forum - Should a scan and blood work be done with you have had melonoma?

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Q: Should a scan and blood work be done with you have had melonoma?

asked by: bmullin64 on March 31st, 2009

New User

I was told about 2 weeks ago I have malignant melanoma on my back. I had a bcc removed several years ago and went to the doc last May and this wasn't even there. The doc said this could double in size every month. I had this removed last week and waiting for the results to whether it was all removed. The doc said I have a 94% survival rate with this. Sounds good be when its you it rocks your world. I will go back next week to have the stitches removed and wondering what should I do to verify it has not spread into the blood system. If nothing is found around the tissue that was removed should I still have a scan and blood work? Also, what are the chances of the melanoma coming back?

Thanks, Barry

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MandMs

replied on March 31st, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

According to survival rates you were told, I guess you are having an early stage of melanoma.
Lymph nodes biopsy of the regional lymph nodes is usually performed to check for local metastases.
You should ask to get checked for melanoma metastasis, cause there are cases when thin melanoma has spread distantly.
You dermatologist is probably familiar with serological, immunohystochemical and histological prognostic markers.
The annual risk of recurrence for tumors <1.5 mm thick remains <6% for the first five years dropping to under 1% for the next five years.

bmullin64

replied on April 2nd, 2009

New User

Questions About Stages and Size??

I have an appt next week to go back to have follow-up and just talked to nurse. She says that the tissue around the melanoma was free from any cancer and I also asked about the depth and stage etc. She said it was superficial and lever 3 and the size was 0.51. Can you help me with what this means in English?

MandMs

replied on April 3rd, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

Bmullin64!

I already gave you some explanation in your other topic " melanoma".
Check it out!

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