kevin2012

Thank you both for your very kind and prompt replies

lucylu – I will contact Sloane Kettering today for some more information/local experts that I can go to with questions.  We live in Ontario, Canada, so it may be fairly complicated to get healthcare in the US.

POW – My impression is that we're seeing ENT oncologists because of the melanoma's close proximity to my wife's ear.  I think I also need to find a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma for consultation.   The first specialist ENT doctor we saw told us it was a "very bad kind" of melanoma, and only noted that the size was "around 30mm wide" and "over 4mm deep" – which I later learned is the Breslow level.  He did not, however, tell us how deep (if at all) the melanoma had gone into the dermis – and we were too shocked and uninformed to ask.  After much research, I called his office to ask for the Clark level, but the file had already been sent to the next oncology specialist ENT surgeon – we'll have to wait until our Thursday surgery consultation to find out.  I intend on getting a copy of all reports then.  And thanks for the link to discussion of pregnancy with melanoma, that was our first concern for the ENT oncologist.

Thank you both for your very kind and prompt replies

lucylu – I will contact Sloane Kettering today for some more information/local experts that I can go to with questions.  We live in Ontario, Canada, so it may be fairly complicated to get healthcare in the US.

POW – My impression is that we're seeing ENT oncologists because of the melanoma's close proximity to my wife's ear.  I think I also need to find a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma for consultation.   The first specialist ENT doctor we saw told us it was a "very bad kind" of melanoma, and only noted that the size was "around 30mm wide" and "over 4mm deep" – which I later learned is the Breslow level.  He did not, however, tell us how deep (if at all) the melanoma had gone into the dermis – and we were too shocked and uninformed to ask.  After much research, I called his office to ask for the Clark level, but the file had already been sent to the next oncology specialist ENT surgeon – we'll have to wait until our Thursday surgery consultation to find out.  I intend on getting a copy of all reports then.  And thanks for the link to discussion of pregnancy with melanoma, that was our first concern for the ENT oncologist.

Thank you both for your very kind and prompt replies

lucylu – I will contact Sloane Kettering today for some more information/local experts that I can go to with questions.  We live in Ontario, Canada, so it may be fairly complicated to get healthcare in the US.

POW – My impression is that we're seeing ENT oncologists because of the melanoma's close proximity to my wife's ear.  I think I also need to find a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma for consultation.   The first specialist ENT doctor we saw told us it was a "very bad kind" of melanoma, and only noted that the size was "around 30mm wide" and "over 4mm deep" – which I later learned is the Breslow level.  He did not, however, tell us how deep (if at all) the melanoma had gone into the dermis – and we were too shocked and uninformed to ask.  After much research, I called his office to ask for the Clark level, but the file had already been sent to the next oncology specialist ENT surgeon – we'll have to wait until our Thursday surgery consultation to find out.  I intend on getting a copy of all reports then.  And thanks for the link to discussion of pregnancy with melanoma, that was our first concern for the ENT oncologist.