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Melanoma growth varies a lot. From hardly changing for many month to rapidly growing within weeks. So it can be important to act fast.

(Of course, I'm not a doctor and can't tell from the pictures what type of lesion it is.)

Melanoma growth varies a lot. From hardly changing for many month to rapidly growing within weeks. So it can be important to act fast.

(Of course, I'm not a doctor and can't tell from the pictures what type of lesion it is.)

Melanoma growth varies a lot. From hardly changing for many month to rapidly growing within weeks. So it can be important to act fast.

(Of course, I'm not a doctor and can't tell from the pictures what type of lesion it is.)

More here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1302369

More here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1302369

More here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1302369

You can find a moderator email address in this old comment: http://www.melanoma.org/community/off-topic-forum/attn-kwalbinorwhoever-doing-web-work#comment-6221

You can find a moderator email address in this old comment: http://www.melanoma.org/community/off-topic-forum/attn-kwalbinorwhoever-doing-web-work#comment-6221

You can find a moderator email address in this old comment: http://www.melanoma.org/community/off-topic-forum/attn-kwalbinorwhoever-doing-web-work#comment-6221

Also, melanoma is very rare in people as young as you.

Also, melanoma is very rare in people as young as you.

Also, melanoma is very rare in people as young as you.

I think this is the important sentence:

> "Globally about 40% of patients who develop MM metastases do so more than 5 years after primary "

So it does NOT say that 40% of MM patients develops metastases. It only says that of those who DO, it is after more than 5 years for 40% of them.

The other article cites this as

> "Globally near 40% of CMM patients develop clinical metastases 5 years or so after initial treatment".

which is very unclear or even outright wrong.

Unfortunately, slopiness like this is not really uncommon in scientic articles on the internet. 

I think this is the important sentence:

> "Globally about 40% of patients who develop MM metastases do so more than 5 years after primary "

So it does NOT say that 40% of MM patients develops metastases. It only says that of those who DO, it is after more than 5 years for 40% of them.

The other article cites this as

> "Globally near 40% of CMM patients develop clinical metastases 5 years or so after initial treatment".

which is very unclear or even outright wrong.

Unfortunately, slopiness like this is not really uncommon in scientic articles on the internet. 

I think this is the important sentence:

> "Globally about 40% of patients who develop MM metastases do so more than 5 years after primary "

So it does NOT say that 40% of MM patients develops metastases. It only says that of those who DO, it is after more than 5 years for 40% of them.

The other article cites this as

> "Globally near 40% of CMM patients develop clinical metastases 5 years or so after initial treatment".

which is very unclear or even outright wrong.

Unfortunately, slopiness like this is not really uncommon in scientic articles on the internet.