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Malignant melanoma of the choroid in the eye

Cancer | Last Active: Oct 30 8:36pm | Replies (45)

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@twocents

My husband had his full body scan, blood work and oncologist appointment today. We are happy to report that at this point the cancer has not metastasized. The doctor did say that if it does metastasize to the liver that it is automatically stage 4 cancer,. Which we don't understand why that is so. He did say that the chance of the cancer metastasizing is 50%. We also asked if there was anything my husband could do to up his chances of his cancer not spreading and he said no...not even diet or exercise would do anything to help prevent this. Has anyone heard of anything we can do to help stop the chance of this metastasizing? Thanks so much.

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@twocents, any cancer that spreads (metastacizes) to other sites in the body beyond the original tumor is called stage 4 cancer or advanced cancer. While diet and exercise may not actually prevent the cancer from spreading, it can help improve health and strength if it should come back. Remember the other side of the equation. There is a 50% change that it will NOT spread. I would focus on that.

May I ask how old your husband is?