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melanoma mets question

care01
care01 CSN Member Posts: 3
in Lung Cancer #1
Does anyone know about melanoma that mets to lung? have been reading through alot of post and don't find any discussion of melanoma. Perhaps I don't know what I am looking for (termnology).
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  • dennycee
    dennycee CSN Member Posts: 857 Member
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    care01, I am sorry for the
    care01, I am sorry for the circumstances that bring you here but glad that you have found this site. Do you have a specific question? Each of the survivors and caregivers here will answer to the best of our ability. I do know that each mets retains the characteristics of the primary tumor, so a lung met of melanoma origin retains the characteristic of the melanoma. It will respond to the chemos designed to control them. I think that there are some chemos that may work on both lung and skin cancers but I do not know that for a fact. I look forward to hearing from you. Denny
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  • care01
    care01 CSN Member Posts: 3
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    dennycee said:

    care01, I am sorry for the
    care01, I am sorry for the circumstances that bring you here but glad that you have found this site. Do you have a specific question? Each of the survivors and caregivers here will answer to the best of our ability. I do know that each mets retains the characteristics of the primary tumor, so a lung met of melanoma origin retains the characteristic of the melanoma. It will respond to the chemos designed to control them. I think that there are some chemos that may work on both lung and skin cancers but I do not know that for a fact. I look forward to hearing from you. Denny

    Denny
    After posting here I found the skin cancer section and it seems that is where everyone with this type is going. I have a thousand questions as everyone else surely does. I will move over to the skin section and start there. Thanks for responding to me!
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