We just learned that my father-in-law has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of melanoma. Thank you for the info.
Really hope it works, for all your sakes.
My wife had a melanoma tumor removed from her back in February. Within six weeks scans revealed that the cancer had spread to her lungs making it a stage 4. The oncologists in the closest large city basically told us there wasn’t much that could be done. We did a lot of driving and found another oncologist that did further testing including biopsies of the internal tumors which turned out to be benign.
So as it stands now she is back to stage three since it had spread to a lymph node. And while the short term outlook is now good, melanoma can come back with a vengeance at any time. My guess is that if it does come back on her, the death panel option will kick in since she is now over 65.
FYI, There are two different types of melanoma mutations and I believe the drug mentioned in this article is only good for one of them.
Here is a great website on melanoma. Best wishes.
http://forum.melanomainternational.org/