Wanted to give a quick update on my now 30-year old husband who was diagnosed at stage 3 in Feb 2012, for anyone in a similar situation facing difficult news/choices. My husband opted for no treatment and decided against a clinical trial following an axillary lymph node (complete) dissection in April of 2012. There was no evidence of melanoma in any of the removed material. He had no/unknown primary and the initial mass was macroscopic (very large), possibly consisting of matted lymph nodes, BRAF+. His most recent scans were in November of 2012 (no head scan at that time), no concerns.
Wanted to give a quick update on my now 30-year old husband who was diagnosed at stage 3 in Feb 2012, for anyone in a similar situation facing difficult news/choices. My husband opted for no treatment and decided against a clinical trial following an axillary lymph node (complete) dissection in April of 2012. There was no evidence of melanoma in any of the removed material. He had no/unknown primary and the initial mass was macroscopic (very large), possibly consisting of matted lymph nodes, BRAF+. His most recent scans were in November of 2012 (no head scan at that time), no concerns. He has scans in July, so we are holding our breaths because we realize that this is critical timing for recurrence. However, he feels healthy and is thus far happy with his decision to decline further treatment. We will continue to hope and pray that the surgery to remove the initial mass was a complete success and I will update on his scans in July.
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