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Thank you so much for your response.  I truly appreciate it.  I am hopeful that it will not progress too fast.

Thank you so much for your response.  I truly appreciate it.  I am hopeful that it will not progress too fast.

Thank you so much for your response.  I truly appreciate it.  I am hopeful that it will not progress too fast.

Thank you for your help.

I am sorry if i didnt make myself clear the first time.  During a routine removal of what the doctor thought was a cyst like growth on his head it was biopsied.  The doctor who recieved the report  said it was metastatic melanoma.  My father  was then referred to the Moffitt Center.  The growth was sent out again to a different lab.   When the second lab report was sent back the new doctor also said it was metastatic melanoma.  To my understanding isn't metastatic cancer considered stage 4?  He has had blood work, PET scan, just had an MRI ( I do not know the results of that,) and is now recieving radiation for 6 weeks .I do not know if node biopsy has been done.  I am thinking maybe they are waiting on the MRI results? I am confused as to why they can't find any other signs.  That is why I think I am not hearing about the whole picture, and quite possibly the information I am getting is only bits and pieces of what they want me to hear.  Thus the confusion.

Thank you for your help.

I am sorry if i didnt make myself clear the first time.  During a routine removal of what the doctor thought was a cyst like growth on his head it was biopsied.  The doctor who recieved the report  said it was metastatic melanoma.  My father  was then referred to the Moffitt Center.  The growth was sent out again to a different lab.   When the second lab report was sent back the new doctor also said it was metastatic melanoma.  To my understanding isn't metastatic cancer considered stage 4?  He has had blood work, PET scan, just had an MRI ( I do not know the results of that,) and is now recieving radiation for 6 weeks .I do not know if node biopsy has been done.  I am thinking maybe they are waiting on the MRI results? I am confused as to why they can't find any other signs.  That is why I think I am not hearing about the whole picture, and quite possibly the information I am getting is only bits and pieces of what they want me to hear.  Thus the confusion.

Thank you for your help.

I am sorry if i didnt make myself clear the first time.  During a routine removal of what the doctor thought was a cyst like growth on his head it was biopsied.  The doctor who recieved the report  said it was metastatic melanoma.  My father  was then referred to the Moffitt Center.  The growth was sent out again to a different lab.   When the second lab report was sent back the new doctor also said it was metastatic melanoma.  To my understanding isn't metastatic cancer considered stage 4?  He has had blood work, PET scan, just had an MRI ( I do not know the results of that,) and is now recieving radiation for 6 weeks .I do not know if node biopsy has been done.  I am thinking maybe they are waiting on the MRI results? I am confused as to why they can't find any other signs.  That is why I think I am not hearing about the whole picture, and quite possibly the information I am getting is only bits and pieces of what they want me to hear.  Thus the confusion.

The lesion was on the top of his head.  He has had melanoma surgery many times in that area along with plastic surgery.  They are considering it the primary site.  Unknown about the clark level.  I have a feeling I am not being told everything truthfully.  Every thing i have read about Metastatic melanoma is just the opposite of what they are being told.  Stage 4 was biopsied 2xs from 2 differed labs.  Same conclusion.

The lesion was on the top of his head.  He has had melanoma surgery many times in that area along with plastic surgery.  They are considering it the primary site.  Unknown about the clark level.  I have a feeling I am not being told everything truthfully.  Every thing i have read about Metastatic melanoma is just the opposite of what they are being told.  Stage 4 was biopsied 2xs from 2 differed labs.  Same conclusion.

The lesion was on the top of his head.  He has had melanoma surgery many times in that area along with plastic surgery.  They are considering it the primary site.  Unknown about the clark level.  I have a feeling I am not being told everything truthfully.  Every thing i have read about Metastatic melanoma is just the opposite of what they are being told.  Stage 4 was biopsied 2xs from 2 differed labs.  Same conclusion.