Confirmed recurrence in scar, treatment?
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Confirmed recurrence in scar, treatment?

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    • August 20, 2018 at 3:10 am
    Dreaf01
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      Hi! I hope everyone is kicking some melanoma ass. A couple of weeks ago I had a PET scan due to a lump that was growing near my original Mel wle scar from 2016 and the PET was clear except the lump that lit up. My dermatologist did a wle in the office and called me Friday to let me know that there was a lot of scar tissue, but also melanoma within that scar tissue. He said I would need more surgery and more than likely another SLNB. My question is pending the results of the SLNB what treatment options will be offered to me given the clear PET in my organs ? I am assuming some sort of treatment outside of surgery due to the recurrence? I’m going to see my oncologist on Wednesday and want to make sure I’m asking for the right treatment, etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Oh, I live in Jacksonville, FL and am looking for a melanoma specialist, so any recommendations would also be appreciated. 

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        • August 21, 2018 at 7:26 pm
        guynamedbilly
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          If you haven't already done immunotherapy, I would definitely look into that.  Did you have any affected lymph nodes before?  Opdivo is a good first weapon against Melanoma.

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