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      • April 14, 2016 at 8:18 pm
      jodaro
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      Thanks for posting, very interesting. The Menzies method page also has a lot of great information about lesion features as well.

      While reading the first article this one from last month popped into the Recommended Reading box: http://www.cancernetwork.com/melanoma/number-moles-not-always-related-likelihood-melanoma

      Especially interesting to those of us with a bunch of moles.

       

      • April 14, 2016 at 8:18 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Thanks for posting, very interesting. The Menzies method page also has a lot of great information about lesion features as well.

      While reading the first article this one from last month popped into the Recommended Reading box: http://www.cancernetwork.com/melanoma/number-moles-not-always-related-likelihood-melanoma

      Especially interesting to those of us with a bunch of moles.

       

      • April 14, 2016 at 8:18 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Thanks for posting, very interesting. The Menzies method page also has a lot of great information about lesion features as well.

      While reading the first article this one from last month popped into the Recommended Reading box: http://www.cancernetwork.com/melanoma/number-moles-not-always-related-likelihood-melanoma

      Especially interesting to those of us with a bunch of moles.

       

      • March 22, 2016 at 9:00 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Sorry, meant to also ask … what's next? It is it reasonable to just continue to shave these guys off and see what's in there? If I have, say, 10 moles that look somewhat suspicious, but have had 8 biopsied and only one was melanoma … does that mean anything? Does taking further diagnostic steps make any sense, or is that excessive at this point? The doctor did do an abdominal and lymph node palpation exam and said both felt normal. 

      • March 22, 2016 at 9:00 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Sorry, meant to also ask … what's next? It is it reasonable to just continue to shave these guys off and see what's in there? If I have, say, 10 moles that look somewhat suspicious, but have had 8 biopsied and only one was melanoma … does that mean anything? Does taking further diagnostic steps make any sense, or is that excessive at this point? The doctor did do an abdominal and lymph node palpation exam and said both felt normal. 

      • March 22, 2016 at 9:00 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Sorry, meant to also ask … what's next? It is it reasonable to just continue to shave these guys off and see what's in there? If I have, say, 10 moles that look somewhat suspicious, but have had 8 biopsied and only one was melanoma … does that mean anything? Does taking further diagnostic steps make any sense, or is that excessive at this point? The doctor did do an abdominal and lymph node palpation exam and said both felt normal. 

      • March 10, 2016 at 9:55 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Based on my similar experience (.75mm, Stage 1b upper back/neck area) late last year and subsequent frantic Googling, it sounds like .76mm or less with lower mitotic rate doesn't indicate a SLNB, so your doctor probably did the right thing.

      Good to hear that test shows you as low risk. I haven't done anything like that yet, but I have a checkup appointment soon so I'll bring it up.

      • March 10, 2016 at 9:55 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Based on my similar experience (.75mm, Stage 1b upper back/neck area) late last year and subsequent frantic Googling, it sounds like .76mm or less with lower mitotic rate doesn't indicate a SLNB, so your doctor probably did the right thing.

      Good to hear that test shows you as low risk. I haven't done anything like that yet, but I have a checkup appointment soon so I'll bring it up.

      • March 10, 2016 at 9:55 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      Based on my similar experience (.75mm, Stage 1b upper back/neck area) late last year and subsequent frantic Googling, it sounds like .76mm or less with lower mitotic rate doesn't indicate a SLNB, so your doctor probably did the right thing.

      Good to hear that test shows you as low risk. I haven't done anything like that yet, but I have a checkup appointment soon so I'll bring it up.

      • January 19, 2016 at 11:24 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      From my understanding the SLNB isn't typically indicated for tumors less than 1mm, so presumably because the initial biopsy only showed .66mm, it wasn't done with the second because the depth wasn't known to be/expected to be greater than 1mm. Just a guess.

      The SLNB is done to determine if any cancer cells from the melanoma are present in the lymph nodes, so yes, it is a diagnostic procedure to determine whether the cancer has spread, but no, they don't know that yet simply based on the tumor itself.

      Lots more info here: http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/diagnosis-staging/staging/sentinel-node-biopsy-fact-sheet

      • January 19, 2016 at 11:24 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      From my understanding the SLNB isn't typically indicated for tumors less than 1mm, so presumably because the initial biopsy only showed .66mm, it wasn't done with the second because the depth wasn't known to be/expected to be greater than 1mm. Just a guess.

      The SLNB is done to determine if any cancer cells from the melanoma are present in the lymph nodes, so yes, it is a diagnostic procedure to determine whether the cancer has spread, but no, they don't know that yet simply based on the tumor itself.

      Lots more info here: http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/diagnosis-staging/staging/sentinel-node-biopsy-fact-sheet

      • January 19, 2016 at 11:24 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      From my understanding the SLNB isn't typically indicated for tumors less than 1mm, so presumably because the initial biopsy only showed .66mm, it wasn't done with the second because the depth wasn't known to be/expected to be greater than 1mm. Just a guess.

      The SLNB is done to determine if any cancer cells from the melanoma are present in the lymph nodes, so yes, it is a diagnostic procedure to determine whether the cancer has spread, but no, they don't know that yet simply based on the tumor itself.

      Lots more info here: http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/diagnosis-staging/staging/sentinel-node-biopsy-fact-sheet

      • April 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      See the second link in the original post: http://www.dermoscopy.org/consensus/2c.asp

      • April 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      See the second link in the original post: http://www.dermoscopy.org/consensus/2c.asp

      • April 14, 2016 at 8:14 pm
      jodaro
      Participant

      See the second link in the original post: http://www.dermoscopy.org/consensus/2c.asp

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