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Should I re-excise

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    • December 17, 2017 at 9:28 pm
    John Bruno 2613
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      My brother had two melanomas in less than a year. He is getting checked every two months at Mayo Clinic and he had several atypical moles (more than 10) It says that people who have more than 10 are 12 times the risk of developing melanoma compared with the general population. Recently he had a benign mole taken off, however, it extends to the deep margins. Since it is in the deep margins and we can no longer see the mole or monitor changes should we re-excise it? I think it might be a bad choice to not re-excise it since benign moles can turn to melanomas. Leaving a cell in the deep margins could not be good because by the time you spot something wrong it could be too late. That is the way I am asking someone with experience with what my brother is going through to please reply. Thank You

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        • December 19, 2017 at 3:03 am
        ed williams
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          John, this isn't my area of interest,so I don't want to offer bad advice!!! On another point, don't you think after all this time has passed, over a year, that maybe it is time to ask your brother to join the forum and seek his own advice about his melanoma journey!!!

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