Any correlation b/t lymphoma and melanoma

Hi Heather,

I can't answer your question about lymphoma and melanoma specifically, but I didn't want you to feel as if no one was paying attention to you. Three years ago I asked a similar question about bone marrow transplants and melanoma.  I got zero replies, which sort of hurt my feelings!  In my own case, I had myelodysplasia (bone marrow failure) successfully treated with a stem cell transplant in 2002.  At the time, the docs told me that the chemo, radiation and immuno-suppression involved with the transplant would make me at slightly higher risk for another cancer.  Nine years later, melanoma showed up. Causative?  No one really knows, because there just aren't enough (or any, that I can find) people with the same history.  That's why no one responded to my query.  I imagine the same is true for yours.  You are definitely lucky to have found your melanoma so early – that really puts you ahead of things!  Be vigilant, just as you have been and try not to worry.  However, there are a few other two-time cancer survivors on this board and many, many long-term melanoma survivors, so keep asking for help when you need it.

Sending you warm regards,

Lear

Hi Heather,

I can't answer your question about lymphoma and melanoma specifically, but I didn't want you to feel as if no one was paying attention to you. Three years ago I asked a similar question about bone marrow transplants and melanoma.  I got zero replies, which sort of hurt my feelings!  In my own case, I had myelodysplasia (bone marrow failure) successfully treated with a stem cell transplant in 2002.  At the time, the docs told me that the chemo, radiation and immuno-suppression involved with the transplant would make me at slightly higher risk for another cancer.  Nine years later, melanoma showed up. Causative?  No one really knows, because there just aren't enough (or any, that I can find) people with the same history.  That's why no one responded to my query.  I imagine the same is true for yours.  You are definitely lucky to have found your melanoma so early – that really puts you ahead of things!  Be vigilant, just as you have been and try not to worry.  However, there are a few other two-time cancer survivors on this board and many, many long-term melanoma survivors, so keep asking for help when you need it.

Sending you warm regards,

Lear

Hi Heather,

I can't answer your question about lymphoma and melanoma specifically, but I didn't want you to feel as if no one was paying attention to you. Three years ago I asked a similar question about bone marrow transplants and melanoma.  I got zero replies, which sort of hurt my feelings!  In my own case, I had myelodysplasia (bone marrow failure) successfully treated with a stem cell transplant in 2002.  At the time, the docs told me that the chemo, radiation and immuno-suppression involved with the transplant would make me at slightly higher risk for another cancer.  Nine years later, melanoma showed up. Causative?  No one really knows, because there just aren't enough (or any, that I can find) people with the same history.  That's why no one responded to my query.  I imagine the same is true for yours.  You are definitely lucky to have found your melanoma so early – that really puts you ahead of things!  Be vigilant, just as you have been and try not to worry.  However, there are a few other two-time cancer survivors on this board and many, many long-term melanoma survivors, so keep asking for help when you need it.

Sending you warm regards,

Lear

Hi Heather – I don't think this will really answer your question, but thought I'd share – when my husband was initially diagnosed with melanoma, the biopsy of the lymph nodes also showed that he had mantle cell lymphoma. Doctor told us the lymphoma had nothing to do with the melanoma. We 'happened upon' it.  

Julie

Hi Heather – I don't think this will really answer your question, but thought I'd share – when my husband was initially diagnosed with melanoma, the biopsy of the lymph nodes also showed that he had mantle cell lymphoma. Doctor told us the lymphoma had nothing to do with the melanoma. We 'happened upon' it.  

Julie

Hi Heather – I don't think this will really answer your question, but thought I'd share – when my husband was initially diagnosed with melanoma, the biopsy of the lymph nodes also showed that he had mantle cell lymphoma. Doctor told us the lymphoma had nothing to do with the melanoma. We 'happened upon' it.  

Julie