What does Stage 2C melanoma mean?

Stage 2C. Stage 2C means the melanoma is thicker than 4 mm and under the microscope the outermost layer of skin covering the tumour looks broken (it is ulcerated).

Is melanoma Stage 2 curable?

Treatment for Stage 2 Melanoma: Stage II melanoma is treated by removing the tumor surgically. Wide local excision, a minor surgery, usually cures local melanoma. Your doctor may suggest a sentinel lymph node biopsy to determine if the melanoma has spread to the nearest lymph node.

What is T2 melanoma?

T2 means the melanoma is between 1 mm and 2 mm thick. T3 means the melanoma is between 2 mm and 4 mm thick. T4 means the melanoma is more than 4 mm thick.

How is Stage II melanoma treated?

Wide excision (surgery to remove the melanoma and a margin of normal skin around it) is the standard treatment for stage II melanoma.

What Is a Stage 2 tumor?

Stage 2 usually means that the tumour is larger than in stage 1 but the cancer hasn’t started to spread into the surrounding tissues. Sometimes stage 2 means that cancer cells have spread into lymph nodes close to the tumour. This depends on the particular type of cancer. Stage 3 usually means the cancer is larger.

What happens when melanoma goes to your lungs?

If the melanoma goes to your lungs, you may have trouble breathing or a cough that won’t go away. If it shows up in your liver, you may have indigestion, a swollen belly, or yellow skin and eyes, a condition called jaundice.

What happens if you have stage 2 melanoma?

In Stage II melanoma, the cancer cells are in both the first layer of skin—the epidermis—and the second layer of skin—the dermis. The melanoma is higher risk than Stage I, either due to depth of tumor or presence of ulceration, but there is no evidence the cancer has spread to lymph nodes or distant sites (metastasis).

What stage is a melanoma that is 2.0 mm thick?

Stage 2 melanoma With stage 2A melanoma, the tumor is either more than 1 mm but not more than 2 mm thick, with ulceration, or more than 2 mm but not more than 4 mm thick, without ulceration.

How long do you have to live with melanoma?

This means 92 of every 100 people diagnosed with melanoma will be alive in 5 years. In the very early stages the 5-year survival rate is 99%. Once melanoma has spread to the lymph nodes the 5-year survival rate is 63%.

How is melanoma treated at each stage?

Local recurrence. Melanoma might come back in the skin near the site of the original tumor,sometimes even in the scar from the surgery.

  • In-transit recurrence.
  • Recurrence in nearby lymph nodes.
  • Recurrence in other parts of the body.
  • What is the prognosis for Stage 4 melanoma?

    Prognosis: Stage IV melanoma is very difficult to cure as it has already spread to other parts of the body. However, a small number of people respond well to treatment, achieve No Evidence of Disease (NED), and survive for many years following diagnosis.

    What is Stage 2 melanoma?

    Stage II melanoma is local melanoma, meaning it has not spread beyond the primary tumor. There are three subgroups of Stage II melanoma: IIA, IIB, and IIC. Stage II melanoma is invasive melanoma, as are Stage I, III, and IV; Stage 0 is not considered invasive melanoma.