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I have a 1.5 centimeter melanoma on the bottom of my foot. how serious is the depth of this?
7 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Thick: Melanomas are considered thin when they are less than 1 mm thick and they are considered thick when they are greater than 4 mm thick. If your melanoma is truly 1.5 cm thick, this would indeed be a very thick melanoma. Check with your doctor to be sure about the depth and that it is not 1.5 mm. A 1.5 cm melanoma would be at high risk for lymph node and distant spread and has a poor prognosis.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Very serious...: Get a biopsy as soon as possible!
Answered 3/4/2016
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Centimeter?: I think perhaps you mean millimeter. Melanoma is a potentially danger cancer. Survival would depend on whether your melanoma has traveled to other locations in your body. Have you scheduled your resection and sentinel lymph node biopsy yet?
Answered 4/3/2013
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