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merianne
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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:22 pm    Post subject: Question about Metastastic Melanoma Reply with quote
When melanoma metastasizes to bone or other organs from skin surface, is the surface lesion larger than a centimeter or can a tiny millimeter of a mole cause this malignant spread of cancer?
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Kaelie
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 7:56 am    Post subject: Re: Question about Metastastic Melanoma Reply with quote
Depth is more of a determining factor than size of the mole.

In my experience, after my first melanoma was discovered, the doctor checked every new mole. I teased him that I was going to buy him a melon-baller to make it easier LOL.

Some of these new moles were the size of the tip of a pencil, (1-2 mm) but obviously caused enough of a concern for the doc to remove them for testing.

I hope all works out well for you.
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 9:27 am    Post subject: Re: Question about Metastastic Melanoma Reply with quote
[quote="Kaelie"]Depth is more of a determining factor than size of the mole.

In my experience, after my first melanoma was discovered, the doctor checked every new mole. I teased him that I was going to buy him a melon-baller to make it easier LOL.

Some of these new moles were the size of the tip of a pencil, (1-2 mm) but obviously caused enough of a concern for the doc to remove them for testing.

I hope all works out well for you.[/quote]

Thank you for your reply. I think I understand better now. It has been 14 days since the biopsy so I guess I can conclude that the mole was benign or of lesser importance than melanoma. The doctors office said they would get back to me in 14-21 days no matter what the report.
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