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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm with you OP, and my mom died of malignant melanoma.

There's a difference between having something cancerous removed, and being a "cancer survivor." My mom had melanoma more than once, and went through chemo/radiation and then some. That's cancer. That's different than having a suspicious melanoma removed early.[/quote]

There's no such thing as a "suspicious" melanoma. Melanoma *is* cancer. The only question at that point is whether it's localized or has metastasized.[/quote]

That is true. But it's still a difference between having something cancerous removed, vs. surviving cancer. [/quote]
No it isn't !  Having it removed and being cancer free is called SURVIVING CANCER.[/quote]

Congratulations, you survived having a small, local cluster of cancer cells removed. That's wonderful, and be glad and grateful that it wasn't worse. But you did not survive cancer. You are not a "cancer survivor." [/quote]

The medical community would disagree with you. I had melanoma that did not require chemo or radiation &, while I don't typically go around calling myself a cancer survivor, my medical records & charts do refer to me as one.  [/quote]

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