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Sorry, seems the underline did not show up…below is what was underlined. 

MARGINS PERIPHERAL MARGINS: DISTANCE OF INVASIVE MELANOMA FROM CLOSEST PERIPHERAL MARGIN: 18MM  DEEP MARGIN: UNINVOLVED BY INVANSIVE MELANOMA DISTANCE OF INVASIVE MELANOMA FROM MARGIN: 10MM MITOTIC RATE: 16/MM2

MICROSATELLITOSIS: NOT IDENTIFIED LYHMPH-VASCULAR INVASION: INDETERMINATE PERINEURAL INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES: NOT IDENTIFIED TUMOR REGRESSION: NOT IDENTIFIED 

Sorry, seems the underline did not show up…below is what was underlined. 

MARGINS PERIPHERAL MARGINS: DISTANCE OF INVASIVE MELANOMA FROM CLOSEST PERIPHERAL MARGIN: 18MM  DEEP MARGIN: UNINVOLVED BY INVANSIVE MELANOMA DISTANCE OF INVASIVE MELANOMA FROM MARGIN: 10MM MITOTIC RATE: 16/MM2

MICROSATELLITOSIS: NOT IDENTIFIED LYHMPH-VASCULAR INVASION: INDETERMINATE PERINEURAL INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES: NOT IDENTIFIED TUMOR REGRESSION: NOT IDENTIFIED 

Sorry, seems the underline did not show up…below is what was underlined. 

MARGINS PERIPHERAL MARGINS: DISTANCE OF INVASIVE MELANOMA FROM CLOSEST PERIPHERAL MARGIN: 18MM  DEEP MARGIN: UNINVOLVED BY INVANSIVE MELANOMA DISTANCE OF INVASIVE MELANOMA FROM MARGIN: 10MM MITOTIC RATE: 16/MM2

MICROSATELLITOSIS: NOT IDENTIFIED LYHMPH-VASCULAR INVASION: INDETERMINATE PERINEURAL INVASION: NOT IDENTIFIED TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES: NOT IDENTIFIED TUMOR REGRESSION: NOT IDENTIFIED 

Thank you all for your time and respones – it means a alot ot me and my family. 

I'm really trying to find out more about radiation and its effectivness regarding melanoma – It doesnt seem to do much…..Anyone else have any suggestions regarding radiation and melanoma? If there is small amounts of melanoma in remaining lyhph nodes – will the radiation kill it?

Yervoy seems to be the choice after all my reserach and after these responses. But this Doc keeps pushing the radiation. My dad is strong and healthy otherwise and can take the treatment- but we are worried the radiation is not effective and the side effects won't be worth the chance that it "might" work…..

Thanks again to all of you. 

Thank you all for your time and respones – it means a alot ot me and my family. 

I'm really trying to find out more about radiation and its effectivness regarding melanoma – It doesnt seem to do much…..Anyone else have any suggestions regarding radiation and melanoma? If there is small amounts of melanoma in remaining lyhph nodes – will the radiation kill it?

Yervoy seems to be the choice after all my reserach and after these responses. But this Doc keeps pushing the radiation. My dad is strong and healthy otherwise and can take the treatment- but we are worried the radiation is not effective and the side effects won't be worth the chance that it "might" work…..

Thanks again to all of you. 

Thank you all for your time and respones – it means a alot ot me and my family. 

I'm really trying to find out more about radiation and its effectivness regarding melanoma – It doesnt seem to do much…..Anyone else have any suggestions regarding radiation and melanoma? If there is small amounts of melanoma in remaining lyhph nodes – will the radiation kill it?

Yervoy seems to be the choice after all my reserach and after these responses. But this Doc keeps pushing the radiation. My dad is strong and healthy otherwise and can take the treatment- but we are worried the radiation is not effective and the side effects won't be worth the chance that it "might" work…..

Thanks again to all of you. 

We are working on getting him to a specialist as hard as we can.  We are in the Miami, FL Area, and when my dad does receive treatment, its at Larkin Hospital. Given his situation, its not easy to get him basic treatment, much less a specialist. Thats why I am trying to as much of the research as I can right now…

The craziest part of all this is the tumor grew to that horrific size in 4 months from nothing! 

I'm assuming since they already did the surgery and the sentinal node biopsy is likely not  going to be accurate, what would the next step be? Removal of the closest lymph node (or nodes) and sent off for testing? Would a CT scan, XRAY, or another type of scan reveal any type of spread? 

My dad says his left arm(same side as tumor) has been painful & tingling lately…. what could this potentially mean? reminder after the surgery he had a pretty bad infection on the removal site and required alot of antiboitics. 

I am hoping every day that this remains stage II and hasn't spready anywhere else.

Thanks again for all your help & support. 

We are working on getting him to a specialist as hard as we can.  We are in the Miami, FL Area, and when my dad does receive treatment, its at Larkin Hospital. Given his situation, its not easy to get him basic treatment, much less a specialist. Thats why I am trying to as much of the research as I can right now…

The craziest part of all this is the tumor grew to that horrific size in 4 months from nothing! 

I'm assuming since they already did the surgery and the sentinal node biopsy is likely not  going to be accurate, what would the next step be? Removal of the closest lymph node (or nodes) and sent off for testing? Would a CT scan, XRAY, or another type of scan reveal any type of spread? 

My dad says his left arm(same side as tumor) has been painful & tingling lately…. what could this potentially mean? reminder after the surgery he had a pretty bad infection on the removal site and required alot of antiboitics. 

I am hoping every day that this remains stage II and hasn't spready anywhere else.

Thanks again for all your help & support. 

We are working on getting him to a specialist as hard as we can.  We are in the Miami, FL Area, and when my dad does receive treatment, its at Larkin Hospital. Given his situation, its not easy to get him basic treatment, much less a specialist. Thats why I am trying to as much of the research as I can right now…

The craziest part of all this is the tumor grew to that horrific size in 4 months from nothing! 

I'm assuming since they already did the surgery and the sentinal node biopsy is likely not  going to be accurate, what would the next step be? Removal of the closest lymph node (or nodes) and sent off for testing? Would a CT scan, XRAY, or another type of scan reveal any type of spread? 

My dad says his left arm(same side as tumor) has been painful & tingling lately…. what could this potentially mean? reminder after the surgery he had a pretty bad infection on the removal site and required alot of antiboitics. 

I am hoping every day that this remains stage II and hasn't spready anywhere else.

Thanks again for all your help & support. 

Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. We really appreciate it. 

No to all of your last questoins, we are working as hard as we can to get him a sentinal lymph node biopsy and I think maybe some type of scan. I think he might have been scheduled for a surgery to remove the nodes, but I am not sure. I'd figure they would do some kind of testing first?

My dad says he can feel a small bump in his left armpit lymph nodes (same side the tumor was on), however he says some days he can feel it, some days he cant. It should also be mentioned he had an infection due to stiches where the tumor was removed so who knows. Doctors checked the rest of his lymph nodes (regular checkup style) and said they felt all normal with the exception of the previosly mentioned one. 

My dad says he feels good, and all his bloodwork came back normal. We are pushing as hard as possible to get him taken care of. 

Thanks again.

Matt

Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. We really appreciate it. 

No to all of your last questoins, we are working as hard as we can to get him a sentinal lymph node biopsy and I think maybe some type of scan. I think he might have been scheduled for a surgery to remove the nodes, but I am not sure. I'd figure they would do some kind of testing first?

My dad says he can feel a small bump in his left armpit lymph nodes (same side the tumor was on), however he says some days he can feel it, some days he cant. It should also be mentioned he had an infection due to stiches where the tumor was removed so who knows. Doctors checked the rest of his lymph nodes (regular checkup style) and said they felt all normal with the exception of the previosly mentioned one. 

My dad says he feels good, and all his bloodwork came back normal. We are pushing as hard as possible to get him taken care of. 

Thanks again.

Matt

Hi, Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. We really appreciate it. 

No to all of your last questoins, we are working as hard as we can to get him a sentinal lymph node biopsy and I think maybe some type of scan. I think he might have been scheduled for a surgery to remove the nodes, but I am not sure. I'd figure they would do some kind of testing first?

My dad says he can feel a small bump in his left armpit lymph nodes (same side the tumor was on), however he says some days he can feel it, some days he cant. It should also be mentioned he had an infection due to stiches where the tumor was removed so who knows. Doctors checked the rest of his lymph nodes (regular checkup style) and said they felt all normal with the exception of the previosly mentioned one. 

My dad says he feels good, and all his bloodwork came back normal. We are pushing as hard as possible to get him taken care of. 

Thanks again.

Matt