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I'm so sorry you are dealing with melanoma.  Where are you located?  There are good melanoma centers all over the country so if you narrow it down you will get some recommendations.     Fen

I'm so sorry you are dealing with melanoma.  Where are you located?  There are good melanoma centers all over the country so if you narrow it down you will get some recommendations.     Fen

I'm so sorry you are dealing with melanoma.  Where are you located?  There are good melanoma centers all over the country so if you narrow it down you will get some recommendations.     Fen

St. Jude's also has worked on pediatric melanoma cases as well.

St. Jude's also has worked on pediatric melanoma cases as well.

St. Jude's also has worked on pediatric melanoma cases as well.

As much as we've been slamming MD Anderson here on MPIP lately, I wonder if they have expertise in your child's specific disease type. I've heard of them having expertise in some other rare subtypes. 

They do seem to have a specialty for pediatric melanoma. See this page, http://www.mdanderson.org/patient-and-cancer-information/cancer-information/cancer-types/childhood-melanoma/index.html.

If you do go to MDA, realize you may have to ride herd on their business office on some issues like insurance approvals. But they seem to have some very specific areas of expertise.

As much as we've been slamming MD Anderson here on MPIP lately, I wonder if they have expertise in your child's specific disease type. I've heard of them having expertise in some other rare subtypes. 

They do seem to have a specialty for pediatric melanoma. See this page, http://www.mdanderson.org/patient-and-cancer-information/cancer-information/cancer-types/childhood-melanoma/index.html.

If you do go to MDA, realize you may have to ride herd on their business office on some issues like insurance approvals. But they seem to have some very specific areas of expertise.

As much as we've been slamming MD Anderson here on MPIP lately, I wonder if they have expertise in your child's specific disease type. I've heard of them having expertise in some other rare subtypes. 

They do seem to have a specialty for pediatric melanoma. See this page, http://www.mdanderson.org/patient-and-cancer-information/cancer-information/cancer-types/childhood-melanoma/index.html.

If you do go to MDA, realize you may have to ride herd on their business office on some issues like insurance approvals. But they seem to have some very specific areas of expertise.

Hi – I don't know which facility would be best for your child, but this physician Dr. Richardson (contact information below) who trained at Mass General has written one of the only review papers on the rare subtype of melanoma you are dealing with – pigment synthesizing melanoma.  I am willing to bet if you contacted his office, he would have some ideas or put could you on a path to a clinician who has familarity with your child's specific kind of cancer.  Good luck.

Stephen K. Richardson, MD

Hi – I don't know which facility would be best for your child, but this physician Dr. Richardson (contact information below) who trained at Mass General has written one of the only review papers on the rare subtype of melanoma you are dealing with – pigment synthesizing melanoma.  I am willing to bet if you contacted his office, he would have some ideas or put could you on a path to a clinician who has familarity with your child's specific kind of cancer.  Good luck.

Stephen K. Richardson, MD

Hi – I don't know which facility would be best for your child, but this physician Dr. Richardson (contact information below) who trained at Mass General has written one of the only review papers on the rare subtype of melanoma you are dealing with – pigment synthesizing melanoma.  I am willing to bet if you contacted his office, he would have some ideas or put could you on a path to a clinician who has familarity with your child's specific kind of cancer.  Good luck.

Stephen K. Richardson, MD