My son has malignant melonoma and was diagnosed and had surgery in August 2002. I beleive he was already a stage 4.He ahd surgery on his left thigh to remove a mole and since then he has had 6 surgeries and 2 skin grafts. He is considering treatment with the breast cancer drug combined with another drug and I can not think of the name. he will be treated at UCSD now and will start treatment soon. My advice to anyone is to do whatever you can to fight this horrible disease,becasue it will take your life and your emotions. As his mother i feel so much anxiety and hurt because I cannot make things work better for my son and most of all i do not know how long he will be with us. I love him with all my heart and I beleive he ahs been msiguided a lot with this cancer . any input or timeline for his survival?