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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3332789" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Absolutely. On AVERAGE, it is probably the worst of the three skin cancers.</p><p></p><p>1. Basal cell is almost always nothing, can be excised or even in some cases treated with a cream a few times and it can go away.</p><p></p><p>2. Squamous cell is slightly more invasive, but often cleared up easily with cutting it out. The exception I have seen seems to be on men where it is on ears or temples or scalp - these guys often end up getting whittled on repeatedly for YEARS and having radiation treatments over and over... I've got a couple of guys in this situation right now. They often end up looking kind of nightmarish to the average joe... face all splotchy and red, scarred up, eyes drooping from repeated head & neck radiation, maybe missing ears or chunks out of scalp or face. It can be pretty disfiguring. It's a sad thing to watch.</p><p></p><p>3. Melanoma is in many ways the scariest of the three. Mostly because it can look so benign for a long time, and it frequently can happen anywhere on the body and it can invade deeply. That's why I say the biopsy and excision margins mean so much. It is the one that can spread to lymph nodes and such way distant in the body, squamous usually is local invasion of the head an neck. Melanoma can spread from the arm to other places. You can see from all the stories here, lots of folks have had a little melanoma cut off and never anything else happen again. If it was a quarter-sized biopsy and still needs more surgery, that doesn't necessarily mean much - alot of it depends more on the DEPTH than the spread, if that makes any sense. I remember being cautioned in residency not to do 'punch' biopsies on anything that looked suspicious for melanoma to avoid 'seeding' it deeper into the subcutaneous tissue.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is, trust the providers, they're going to do the best they can and anyone treating melanoma knows to be super thorough in investigating and treating it.</p><p></p><p>As always, [USER=8854]@RickN[/USER], if you have questions or just want to vent, I'm always here, you can PM me or text me and I'll do my best to help. But don't put the cart before the horse - it could still <strong>very </strong>easily be limited melanoma that can be easily treated and exterminated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3332789, member: 9374"] Absolutely. On AVERAGE, it is probably the worst of the three skin cancers. 1. Basal cell is almost always nothing, can be excised or even in some cases treated with a cream a few times and it can go away. 2. Squamous cell is slightly more invasive, but often cleared up easily with cutting it out. The exception I have seen seems to be on men where it is on ears or temples or scalp - these guys often end up getting whittled on repeatedly for YEARS and having radiation treatments over and over... I've got a couple of guys in this situation right now. They often end up looking kind of nightmarish to the average joe... face all splotchy and red, scarred up, eyes drooping from repeated head & neck radiation, maybe missing ears or chunks out of scalp or face. It can be pretty disfiguring. It's a sad thing to watch. 3. Melanoma is in many ways the scariest of the three. Mostly because it can look so benign for a long time, and it frequently can happen anywhere on the body and it can invade deeply. That's why I say the biopsy and excision margins mean so much. It is the one that can spread to lymph nodes and such way distant in the body, squamous usually is local invasion of the head an neck. Melanoma can spread from the arm to other places. You can see from all the stories here, lots of folks have had a little melanoma cut off and never anything else happen again. If it was a quarter-sized biopsy and still needs more surgery, that doesn't necessarily mean much - alot of it depends more on the DEPTH than the spread, if that makes any sense. I remember being cautioned in residency not to do 'punch' biopsies on anything that looked suspicious for melanoma to avoid 'seeding' it deeper into the subcutaneous tissue. The bottom line is, trust the providers, they're going to do the best they can and anyone treating melanoma knows to be super thorough in investigating and treating it. As always, [USER=8854]@RickN[/USER], if you have questions or just want to vent, I'm always here, you can PM me or text me and I'll do my best to help. But don't put the cart before the horse - it could still [B]very [/B]easily be limited melanoma that can be easily treated and exterminated. [/QUOTE]
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