Surgery for cutaneous mets

[supportwife]

My wife has cutaneous mets, however the surgeons have stated that it would be very hard to surgically excise a cutaneous met. The skin being such a large organ and since they cannot determine the clear margins it would be very hard. She never had any surgery. She had responded to radiation in the past. The radiation oncologists were good at targeting the depth of the radiation to only the skin region and not the organs inside. We are currently on a clinical trial for cutaneous mets.

Yanyan, who was one of the members on this board had surgery but the cancer returned on her skin.

Hope this helps.