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      • May 6, 2019 at 6:28 pm
      herbert
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        i have a similar question… had what was  rhought to be in situ 5 yrs ago… just had a recurrance about 2cm from there..( on scalp). re-examining  the in situ  now they found a small invasive component…0.3mm… no mitosis, no ulceration…was removed with wle with clear margins… just recently diagnosed with another melanoma….0.7mm… again no mitosis or ulceration… had two expert dermopathlogists look at it carefully… removed with wle… clear margins… they deemed it to be very “non-aggressive”… recommendation was to do the wle, plus some additional punch biopsy’s just to make sure no other cells were in the tissue nearby)…does this sound like the right decision on treatment?…had a surgical oncologist recommend an excision around both sites of 5mmx6mm to clear the area…all the other doctors thought this was overly conservative…

        they are recommending checkups every three months and no further treatment…. does this sound right for what appears to be recurrent  t1a?… or shoukd i also consider visting mda or sloan?

        thanks, herbert

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

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