My grabdfather is 86 years old and has had skin cancer for a few years. He has recently had surgery to remove 2 basil cell carcinomas and just had one of those surgerys where they go in with ink and they test to see which lymph nodes the cancer has metastasized to. They removed 3 lymph nodes and then stopped. (they went in on his forhead) The doctors said that he can either go back in and continue removing lymph nodes, or he can go for another round of the drug, interferon. The other option that we're entertaining is if he doesn't opt for any of the choices, and just lets it go. He's a strong man, who walks on his own...does everything for himself. However, the past few surgeries he's had have taken him a while to recover from. What do you suggest we do? Does anyone know the prognosis of stage 3 melenoma, if he were to not treat it at all? I'm interested in any advice, or comments about the situation. Again he's 86 years old, soon to be 87. Thanks!
2006-06-13
13:08:09
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