radiation for stage 3 recurring melanoma?

Sorry you are going through this. It does make it harder when you don’t know what to do. If it helps I am being treated at Moffitt and am stage 3. They recommended radiation for me after my surgery to remove the tumor. I am on treatment # 15 out of 20 today. For the most part I am feeling pretty good. Once free of radiation for 21 days I will participate in Moffitt’s clinical trial of interferon/ipilimumab . I had a mole removed from neck in 07 and swollen lymph node in same area removed in 2012. Hope you get the answers you are looking for. Good luck!

Sorry you are going through this. It does make it harder when you don’t know what to do. If it helps I am being treated at Moffitt and am stage 3. They recommended radiation for me after my surgery to remove the tumor. I am on treatment # 15 out of 20 today. For the most part I am feeling pretty good. Once free of radiation for 21 days I will participate in Moffitt’s clinical trial of interferon/ipilimumab . I had a mole removed from neck in 07 and swollen lymph node in same area removed in 2012. Hope you get the answers you are looking for. Good luck!

Sorry you are going through this. It does make it harder when you don’t know what to do. If it helps I am being treated at Moffitt and am stage 3. They recommended radiation for me after my surgery to remove the tumor. I am on treatment # 15 out of 20 today. For the most part I am feeling pretty good. Once free of radiation for 21 days I will participate in Moffitt’s clinical trial of interferon/ipilimumab . I had a mole removed from neck in 07 and swollen lymph node in same area removed in 2012. Hope you get the answers you are looking for. Good luck!

Hi, I am stage III had 1 pos lymph node in left arm pit radiation was recommend to help stop local recurrence I did 20 treatments in 4 weeks and from what I was told and what I researched it does help with improving you chance of melanoma not coming back. My doctors did not wait to do pet scans or mri. I also did 1 month of high dose interferon after the radiation treatment but stopped the maintenance dose after 2 months. I found the radiation treatments easy and glad I did them. I have my next pet scan and MRI in two weeks and hope they are clear. Good luck and hope all your scans are clear
Peter

Hi, I am stage III had 1 pos lymph node in left arm pit radiation was recommend to help stop local recurrence I did 20 treatments in 4 weeks and from what I was told and what I researched it does help with improving you chance of melanoma not coming back. My doctors did not wait to do pet scans or mri. I also did 1 month of high dose interferon after the radiation treatment but stopped the maintenance dose after 2 months. I found the radiation treatments easy and glad I did them. I have my next pet scan and MRI in two weeks and hope they are clear. Good luck and hope all your scans are clear
Peter

Hi, I am stage III had 1 pos lymph node in left arm pit radiation was recommend to help stop local recurrence I did 20 treatments in 4 weeks and from what I was told and what I researched it does help with improving you chance of melanoma not coming back. My doctors did not wait to do pet scans or mri. I also did 1 month of high dose interferon after the radiation treatment but stopped the maintenance dose after 2 months. I found the radiation treatments easy and glad I did them. I have my next pet scan and MRI in two weeks and hope they are clear. Good luck and hope all your scans are clear
Peter

I had radiation twice, after both a groin lymph node dissection 2010 (stage 3) and after a pelvic reconstruction 2011 (stage 4). Docs were unclear about whether first round was ineffective, and that’s why it came back in the pelvic bone on the same side, but not in the same place close enough to be classified as a local recurrance. It has spread anyway. I don’t think it hurt, maybe it even slowed it down. Both times I found it easy to tolerate.. My doc is anti-PET unless there is something suspicious (for example swollen nodes, history or suspicion of bone mets). Sounds like your vital organs are clear so enjoy every day!

I had radiation twice, after both a groin lymph node dissection 2010 (stage 3) and after a pelvic reconstruction 2011 (stage 4). Docs were unclear about whether first round was ineffective, and that’s why it came back in the pelvic bone on the same side, but not in the same place close enough to be classified as a local recurrance. It has spread anyway. I don’t think it hurt, maybe it even slowed it down. Both times I found it easy to tolerate.. My doc is anti-PET unless there is something suspicious (for example swollen nodes, history or suspicion of bone mets). Sounds like your vital organs are clear so enjoy every day!

I had radiation twice, after both a groin lymph node dissection 2010 (stage 3) and after a pelvic reconstruction 2011 (stage 4). Docs were unclear about whether first round was ineffective, and that’s why it came back in the pelvic bone on the same side, but not in the same place close enough to be classified as a local recurrance. It has spread anyway. I don’t think it hurt, maybe it even slowed it down. Both times I found it easy to tolerate.. My doc is anti-PET unless there is something suspicious (for example swollen nodes, history or suspicion of bone mets). Sounds like your vital organs are clear so enjoy every day!

Hi, I am 3B and had micromets in 2 nodes. I had radiation in January. They only did 5 treatments but they were much stronger than alot of radiation. My radiologist feels like it will give me a better chance since my melanoma was 9 1/2 mm and was under the rt breast so they said they could do a stronger radiation in that area. I had pet scan in Dec before i started radiation. Surgery was in November, 2011. I am not doing anything else but CT scans every 3 months for it. I do have a complication since I found out I have breast cancer also in March, so they have added digital mammos, mri and ultrasounds of breast and the lymph nodes which will help with the melanoma lymph nodes since they are the same ones. Best of luck to you! This is a tough road for you, but hang in there. Everyone here is so helpful and caring.

Hi, I am 3B and had micromets in 2 nodes. I had radiation in January. They only did 5 treatments but they were much stronger than alot of radiation. My radiologist feels like it will give me a better chance since my melanoma was 9 1/2 mm and was under the rt breast so they said they could do a stronger radiation in that area. I had pet scan in Dec before i started radiation. Surgery was in November, 2011. I am not doing anything else but CT scans every 3 months for it. I do have a complication since I found out I have breast cancer also in March, so they have added digital mammos, mri and ultrasounds of breast and the lymph nodes which will help with the melanoma lymph nodes since they are the same ones. Best of luck to you! This is a tough road for you, but hang in there. Everyone here is so helpful and caring.

Hi, I am 3B and had micromets in 2 nodes. I had radiation in January. They only did 5 treatments but they were much stronger than alot of radiation. My radiologist feels like it will give me a better chance since my melanoma was 9 1/2 mm and was under the rt breast so they said they could do a stronger radiation in that area. I had pet scan in Dec before i started radiation. Surgery was in November, 2011. I am not doing anything else but CT scans every 3 months for it. I do have a complication since I found out I have breast cancer also in March, so they have added digital mammos, mri and ultrasounds of breast and the lymph nodes which will help with the melanoma lymph nodes since they are the same ones. Best of luck to you! This is a tough road for you, but hang in there. Everyone here is so helpful and caring.