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A member asked:
Can lipomas be cancerous if you've had melanoma?
10 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Lipomas : Can turn into liposarcomas, when they become large and when they are located deeper parts of the body, not just under the skin. I am not aware that melanomas are related in any way to malignant degeneration of lipomata.
Answered 8/30/2013
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Not usually: Lipomas and melanoma are not a related diseases. A lipoma is usually not cancer. Rarely a lipoma can be cancerous and it is usually in someone older than 60.
Answered 4/14/2015
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No relationship: Lipoma and melanoma are two distinct diseases. So having a melanoma has nothing to do with having a lipoma or having a liopoma turing into a cancer.
Answered 3/12/2020
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