3/21/11 - Met with oncologist Dr. Salama to go over treatment options. She reviewed several options with us but thought that surgery to remove the melanoma from my liver was the best, and most aggressive, option.
3/28/11 - Met with Dr. Asim Amin at Blumental Cancer Center to review my situation and get a second opinion about treatment options. Let me just say that Blumenthal Cancer Center is an awesome facility with a fantastic staff - I cannot praise them enough! Dr. Amin spent over an hour with us reviewing my scans and discussing the options out there. He agreed with Dr. Salama, and also recommended surgery to remove the melanoma.
One thing we have found out through all of this is that ocular melanoma is very rare. It is even more rare for it to spread. There have been very few studies done on how to treat ocular melanoma that spreads; therefore, they often opt for surgery to remove the melanoma when it is possible.
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