My mom has Stage 4 Melanoma, and they stopped treatments. How long does she have? - how long can you have melanoma
Nobody can answer that question - not even doctors, all the details of the case that we do here. It could be the best estimate - - If you are sending.
It depends on where the tumor is growing - the bones, lungs, liver, brain. Melanoma can metastasize anywhere. Then it depends on the tumor volume and growth rate. No two patients of this kind are always the same. If your doctor is forced to guess, they are wrong. We are always hurt when trying to predict the future, a special person. We can only point to the statistics of a similar group of people.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
How Long Can You Have Melanoma My Mom Has Stage 4 Melanoma, And They Stopped Treatments. How Long Does She Have?
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I am sorry to hear about your mother. Foton is right that no-one can predict. Some people with Stage IV life a very short while. Others live longer. A small percentage of Stage IV patients live for years and no-one knows why. If she was being treated at a place that does a lot of melanoma work and is truly up on the latest therapies, and that team has started treatments then, I am sorry to say, odds are she doesn't have very long. If she is being treated at a place that doesn't see a lot of melanoma and/or is not up on latest treatments then the outlook could be better. In the later case she might want to get a second opinion from a melanoma specialist.
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