3b melanoma and papillary thyroid cancer and spot on liver
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3b melanoma and papillary thyroid cancer and spot on liver

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    • April 13, 2015 at 11:36 pm
    Toby0987
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    Hi I was diagnosed in 2013 with stage 3b melanoma that started in my forearm and then blossomed into a 3.3 cm tumor in right armpit.  Mitotic rate was 4. I was whacked and hacked by dr Jacobs at mayo in Rochester mn. I turned down interferon and radiation and just did the surgery.  All the pets have shown a 2cm spot on liver with abnormal uptake and a small spot on my thyroid with abnormal uptake.  Dr McWilliams said not to worry and just to watch it.  They just did another pet and he ordered a fine needle biopsy of my thyroid and it was positive for papillary thyroid cancer.  Sounds like no biggie so I'm going to have alcohol ablation and hopefully that will kill the ptc so I can keep my thyroid.  My question is:  should I request a fine needle biopsy of my liver?  Also would you have them hack  out your thyroid or just alcohol injections.  Kind of makes me nervous about the liver since we waited on the thyroid and only after a fnb do we find out its cancer.  What do you think?

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      • April 14, 2015 at 1:38 am
      liberty04281
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      Yes, you should request biopsy of the spot on the liver. Melanoma could metastases on the liver.
      • April 14, 2015 at 1:38 am
      liberty04281
      Participant
      Yes, you should request biopsy of the spot on the liver. Melanoma could metastases on the liver.
      • April 14, 2015 at 1:38 am
      liberty04281
      Participant
      Yes, you should request biopsy of the spot on the liver. Melanoma could metastases on the liver.
      • April 14, 2015 at 3:11 am
      Squash
      Participant

      The thyroid plays an important role in your immune function so personally I would be reluctant to have it cut out.

        • April 14, 2015 at 2:03 pm
        Marianne quinn
        Participant

        My husband had a small mets to the liver after having ipi. He had microwave ablation and isNED with no further treatment. That liver spot should definitely be biopsies. Ablation can only be done on small lesions.

        • April 14, 2015 at 2:03 pm
        Marianne quinn
        Participant

        My husband had a small mets to the liver after having ipi. He had microwave ablation and isNED with no further treatment. That liver spot should definitely be biopsies. Ablation can only be done on small lesions.

        • April 14, 2015 at 2:03 pm
        Marianne quinn
        Participant

        My husband had a small mets to the liver after having ipi. He had microwave ablation and isNED with no further treatment. That liver spot should definitely be biopsies. Ablation can only be done on small lesions.

      • April 14, 2015 at 3:11 am
      Squash
      Participant

      The thyroid plays an important role in your immune function so personally I would be reluctant to have it cut out.

      • April 14, 2015 at 3:11 am
      Squash
      Participant

      The thyroid plays an important role in your immune function so personally I would be reluctant to have it cut out.

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