PROFESSIONAL FAQS: HOW FAR HAS THE MELANOMA SPREAD WITHIN OR BENEATH THE SKIN? HOW THICK IS THE MELANOMA?
Expert opinion from Akshitha Mudigonda
MBBS · 2 years of experience · India
Melanoma is an aggressive tumor arising from melanocytes. It is present on skin and mucous membranes. They can be of varying size with different width and depth. ABCDEs are used to detect such melanomas. A for asymmetry; b for border irregularity; c for color variation; d for diameter >6 mm; e for evolving (change in size, shape, color, elevation, new symptoms like itching, bleeding, crusting).
Expert opinion from Alex T. Thomas
MD · 40 years of experience · USA
Melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes or melanin-forming cells of the skin. It is well known as skin cancer. It can spread from 1mm to 4mm maximum. The stage when its thickness reaches up to 4 mm is alarming and has maximum chances of recurrence due to its possibility to infect other organs also.
Expert opinion from Ipsa Arora
MD (Internal Medicine) · 5 years of experience · USA
Melanoma is usually less than a millimeter thick. With such kind of thickness, the condition has very few chances of spreading.
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