As some of you know, my husband was recently diagnosed with Melanoma. It was .54mm, mitotic rate of 3 and the dermatologist staged it at T1B. We went to MD Anderson last week and he had a wide excision and some lymphnodes removed for biopsy. We are waiting about 10 days on the result of that. In the mean time, we did get a copy of the original pathology and his blood work. The pathology staged him at a Clark's level IV. My questions are about the blood work as all of these are new words to me.
As some of you know, my husband was recently diagnosed with Melanoma. It was .54mm, mitotic rate of 3 and the dermatologist staged it at T1B. We went to MD Anderson last week and he had a wide excision and some lymphnodes removed for biopsy. We are waiting about 10 days on the result of that. In the mean time, we did get a copy of the original pathology and his blood work. The pathology staged him at a Clark's level IV. My questions are about the blood work as all of these are new words to me.
If you can give me some laymans terms on what these may/may not mean and if they are typically abnormal in melanoma, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
High: MEAN CORPUSCULAR HGB
Low: NEUTROPHIL PERCENT
High: EOSINOPHIL PERCENT
High: LYMPHOCYTE PERCENT
