My brother had a melanoma removed from his thigh 9 years ago and had a recurance a couple months ago. He saw a surgeon who removed the tumor and three lymph nodes in the groin, two of which tested positive and one neg. The oncologist said next would be interferon and then radiation. I was concerned that the oncologist wasn't a melanoma specialist and did some research online. I suggested my brother get a second opinion at Moffitt in Tampa because they had melanoma specialists. He saw them Monday and they diagnosed staged it 3c and disagreed with the previously suggested treatment.
My brother had a melanoma removed from his thigh 9 years ago and had a recurance a couple months ago. He saw a surgeon who removed the tumor and three lymph nodes in the groin, two of which tested positive and one neg. The oncologist said next would be interferon and then radiation. I was concerned that the oncologist wasn't a melanoma specialist and did some research online. I suggested my brother get a second opinion at Moffitt in Tampa because they had melanoma specialists. He saw them Monday and they diagnosed staged it 3c and disagreed with the previously suggested treatment. They want to remove all the lymph nodes from the right groin. I'm not that up on where the best melanoma centers are and think the folks at Moffitt sound pretty sharp. Anybody here know much about them?
