CarolS

We are newcomers to this site as it and your post was recommended. My husband was diagnosed IIIb with a needle aspiration of a lymph node on Thursday at his first visit to a Melonoma Center in SF. Quite a shock since it was only recently that he recieved a confirmation of a melanoma, which seems to be fast and aggressiive) following excision on his forearm. Pending an negative PET and brain CT, the doctors there are pushing for a radical lymph node dissection ASAP. Being a nurse, I have many concerns about that, especially given what we have learned in recent years about breast cancer management.

 I am interested in the recent papers on radiation that you mentioned. Can you give me some reference for those articles/papers? We are wanting to explore the cyber knife option which is available closer to our home before we make a final decision (knowing that the next scheduled tests may make that decision for us). 

Thank you and I am trying to believe your statements that, " nothing is ever 100% bad and there is a reason and silver lining in everything. " But I do agree that cancer sucks! CarolS

We are newcomers to this site as it and your post was recommended. My husband was diagnosed IIIb with a needle aspiration of a lymph node on Thursday at his first visit to a Melonoma Center in SF. Quite a shock since it was only recently that he recieved a confirmation of a melanoma, which seems to be fast and aggressiive) following excision on his forearm. Pending an negative PET and brain CT, the doctors there are pushing for a radical lymph node dissection ASAP. Being a nurse, I have many concerns about that, especially given what we have learned in recent years about breast cancer management.

 I am interested in the recent papers on radiation that you mentioned. Can you give me some reference for those articles/papers? We are wanting to explore the cyber knife option which is available closer to our home before we make a final decision (knowing that the next scheduled tests may make that decision for us). 

Thank you and I am trying to believe your statements that, " nothing is ever 100% bad and there is a reason and silver lining in everything. " But I do agree that cancer sucks! CarolS

We are newcomers to this site as it and your post was recommended. My husband was diagnosed IIIb with a needle aspiration of a lymph node on Thursday at his first visit to a Melonoma Center in SF. Quite a shock since it was only recently that he recieved a confirmation of a melanoma, which seems to be fast and aggressiive) following excision on his forearm. Pending an negative PET and brain CT, the doctors there are pushing for a radical lymph node dissection ASAP. Being a nurse, I have many concerns about that, especially given what we have learned in recent years about breast cancer management.

 I am interested in the recent papers on radiation that you mentioned. Can you give me some reference for those articles/papers? We are wanting to explore the cyber knife option which is available closer to our home before we make a final decision (knowing that the next scheduled tests may make that decision for us). 

Thank you and I am trying to believe your statements that, " nothing is ever 100% bad and there is a reason and silver lining in everything. " But I do agree that cancer sucks! CarolS