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- May 18, 2016 at 9:08 pm
Sorry to here. Not familiar with Gleason 6, can you explain. best of luck
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:09 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:09 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:42 pm
Sorry your husband has been through a lot. Thankfully his melanoma was caught early, a 0.15mm depth is very small and would not need a lymph node biopsy. They do lymph node biopsies if the lesion is 1.00mm or more. I wouldn't worry too much about the melanoma, it's never fun having to get that news on top of everything else, but it's very small, a wide local excision will take care of it. Basal and squamous are all unrelated to melanoma. Due to his age those are much more common and very curable, but are not linked to getting melanoma.
All the best,
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:42 pm
Sorry your husband has been through a lot. Thankfully his melanoma was caught early, a 0.15mm depth is very small and would not need a lymph node biopsy. They do lymph node biopsies if the lesion is 1.00mm or more. I wouldn't worry too much about the melanoma, it's never fun having to get that news on top of everything else, but it's very small, a wide local excision will take care of it. Basal and squamous are all unrelated to melanoma. Due to his age those are much more common and very curable, but are not linked to getting melanoma.
All the best,
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- May 18, 2016 at 11:48 pm
I don't really know the statistics on that. As long as you and him keep an eye on any new or changing growths on his skin, if any new primaries come up, or if that primary recurs in the same location, you'll get it checked out and removed quickly. I do not think it is a very high percentage for a thin lesion like that to recur though.
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- May 18, 2016 at 11:48 pm
I don't really know the statistics on that. As long as you and him keep an eye on any new or changing growths on his skin, if any new primaries come up, or if that primary recurs in the same location, you'll get it checked out and removed quickly. I do not think it is a very high percentage for a thin lesion like that to recur though.
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- May 19, 2016 at 3:15 am
Really don't imagine the depth would change… sometimes shave biopsies can take part and not all of a lesion, thus not getting the whole depth. But, if it came back that thin, I would imagine it is unlikely the depth would change.
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- May 19, 2016 at 3:15 am
Really don't imagine the depth would change… sometimes shave biopsies can take part and not all of a lesion, thus not getting the whole depth. But, if it came back that thin, I would imagine it is unlikely the depth would change.
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- May 19, 2016 at 3:15 am
Really don't imagine the depth would change… sometimes shave biopsies can take part and not all of a lesion, thus not getting the whole depth. But, if it came back that thin, I would imagine it is unlikely the depth would change.
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- May 18, 2016 at 11:48 pm
I don't really know the statistics on that. As long as you and him keep an eye on any new or changing growths on his skin, if any new primaries come up, or if that primary recurs in the same location, you'll get it checked out and removed quickly. I do not think it is a very high percentage for a thin lesion like that to recur though.
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:42 pm
Sorry your husband has been through a lot. Thankfully his melanoma was caught early, a 0.15mm depth is very small and would not need a lymph node biopsy. They do lymph node biopsies if the lesion is 1.00mm or more. I wouldn't worry too much about the melanoma, it's never fun having to get that news on top of everything else, but it's very small, a wide local excision will take care of it. Basal and squamous are all unrelated to melanoma. Due to his age those are much more common and very curable, but are not linked to getting melanoma.
All the best,
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- May 19, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Hello,
I agree with the others that a SNB is not warrantedfor a shallow depth. My husbands was 10.5 mm deep and they did a SNB when they did the wide excision. The node came back clear so it wasn't in the nodes but it can also travel through the blood and he had several local reoccurances. He started out as a 3A.
Judy (loving wife of Gene, Stage IV and now NED for over 3 1/2 years)
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- May 19, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Hello,
I agree with the others that a SNB is not warrantedfor a shallow depth. My husbands was 10.5 mm deep and they did a SNB when they did the wide excision. The node came back clear so it wasn't in the nodes but it can also travel through the blood and he had several local reoccurances. He started out as a 3A.
Judy (loving wife of Gene, Stage IV and now NED for over 3 1/2 years)
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- May 19, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Hello,
I agree with the others that a SNB is not warrantedfor a shallow depth. My husbands was 10.5 mm deep and they did a SNB when they did the wide excision. The node came back clear so it wasn't in the nodes but it can also travel through the blood and he had several local reoccurances. He started out as a 3A.
Judy (loving wife of Gene, Stage IV and now NED for over 3 1/2 years)
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:09 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:13 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:13 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 10:13 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 11:30 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 11:30 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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- May 18, 2016 at 11:30 pm
My husband is 59 and was 56 when prostate cancer was diagnosed. He chose to wait on treatment which involves watching PSA for an upward trend and then treat. The Gleason score is given as a way of determining aggressiveness of the cancer cells. With a 6 he qualifies to choose waiting and watching for signs of growth. The theory is to avoid unnecessary side effects. He has not been given a stage to his melanoma yet. He had a shave biopsy done on this lesion and a breslow 0.15 was given. There is a downward growth of the melanoma into the dermis layer. He sees a plastic surgeon next Friday. I am concerned that a sentinel node won't be checked due to the breslow and it will metastasize. Any thoughts? Also had 2 basal cells biopsied. He has had squamous cell removed in past Thanks to all in advance.
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