My dad has had several lumps removed from this one area on his arm. He originally had some crusty, weired looking mole there it got worse, had it biopsied, and had it cut out.
It has returned a couple of times, and so had more cut away. He gets regular check ups and he has been good for a while., but now whatever it is has returned and he has to have more flesh cut away, this time he has to have general anesthetic as it is alot deeper and they don’t wan’t to damage the nerves.
Please explain, does he actually have skin cancer or do they cut these lumps and bumps out so it doesn’t progress into melanoma skin cancer?
How come there is not treatment given to prevent the lumps from returning?
My dad’s arm has a huge crater in it already. Is he in danger of losing his arm?
It is difficult to know what exactly is going on, because I live in another country. All this is relayed to me by phone or e-mail.
I’ve had basal cell skin cancer removed and my husband has had melanoma removed. I’d say that whatever is growing on your Dad is definitely skin cancer and if he hasn’t seen a dermatologist who specializes in skin cancer, he really should.
I’m not as familiar with melanoma, but for my basal cell cancer they did something called a Moh’s procedure where they sliced out the cancer…sent me to the waiting room and carefully examined the tissue they removed from me. If the bottom layer of the tissue still has cancer cells in it, then they immediately take you back and cut deeper and deeper until they get it all.
I doubt that your dad would need his arm removed, but they might need to dig pretty deep to get all the cancer. Melanoma is dangerous if it spreads beyond your skin but if they can catch it early, its pretty treatable.
Best of luck to you!
I’ve had basal cell skin cancer removed and my husband has had melanoma removed. I’d say that whatever is growing on your Dad is definitely skin cancer and if he hasn’t seen a dermatologist who specializes in skin cancer, he really should.
I’m not as familiar with melanoma, but for my basal cell cancer they did something called a Moh’s procedure where they sliced out the cancer…sent me to the waiting room and carefully examined the tissue they removed from me. If the bottom layer of the tissue still has cancer cells in it, then they immediately take you back and cut deeper and deeper until they get it all.
I doubt that your dad would need his arm removed, but they might need to dig pretty deep to get all the cancer. Melanoma is dangerous if it spreads beyond your skin but if they can catch it early, its pretty treatable.
Best of luck to you!
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