21 years old and diagnosed with melanoma?

May 30, 2009 | By the doc In Cancer |

melanoma



hello my friend was Just diagnosed with stage four melanoma, they are going in tomorrow toy get the rest cut out and then they will no more.

she is only 21. what is the hope that she will be ok?

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7 Comments so far

  1. Exotic wonder on June 2nd, 2009

    hmm has she been out in the sun a lot-
    she’s going to have to get her mole- with the melanoma removed because the cancer spreads-
    i hope your friend will be okay…

  2. keri h on June 4th, 2009

    it depends on how far along the cancer is…and how much it has spread

    -good luck

  3. graeme1944 on June 7th, 2009

    If they get it all 100%.
    If not get her into that new treatment that Patrick Swazzi had, it has an extremely high success rate. He was dying with untreatable cancer, look at him now.

  4. kellyjelly1235 on June 8th, 2009

    Around 160,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed worldwide each year, and it is more frequent in males and caucasians.[3] It is more common in caucasian populations living in sunny climates than other groups.[4] According to a WHO Report about 48,000 melanoma related deaths occur worldwide per annum.[5]

    Malignant melanoma accounts for 75 percent of all deaths associated with skin cancer.[6]

    The treatment includes surgical removal of the tumor; adjuvant treatment; chemo- and immunotherapy, or radiation therapy.

  5. tim b on June 10th, 2009

    at this point I think prayer would be the best thing. Or what ever Higher power that you believe. Just be there and supportive. This is a serious health problem.

    I hope your friend is ok, but at this point for you it does not really matter. What ever the outcome just be there, her friend.

  6. Lorraine L on June 11th, 2009

    There is a chance that it has already entered the lymph glands. If so, it will mean chemotherapy to try to stop the spreading of it.

  7. Denisedds on June 14th, 2009

    I’m sure everyone hopes she will be okay. Poor thing she is very young. It doesn’t hurt to hope.

    You say after tomorrow “then they will no more”. They will no more what? No more surgery? No more treatment? If she is choosing no further treatment try to respect her wishes. It is a very personal choice and not easy either way. Unfortunately we do not have any good therapies for metastatic melanoma as so far nothing has improved overall survival time. Maybe she wants to live the time she has left as normal as possible, without the side effects of chemo. I’ve seen many patients choose this route, but I cannot recall one this young.

    Maybe you mean, “know more”? But there really isn’t much more to know from a reexcision. Sorry, but I’m not sure what you mean.

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