Mom's Stage 4 Melanoma Spread from Fingernail to Brain, Says She 'Begged for' Scans That Could Have Caught It Sooner
Kelly Heather, 38, ended up needing brain surgery for a tumor — and it started as a discolored line on her fingernail.
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‘Bruise' turned out to be deadly melanoma hiding on 21-year-old's nail
If cancer had progressed, doctors would have had to amputate the whole thumb, but fortunately, the melanoma was caught ... such as blood under the nail from injuries or too-tight shoes, a benign ...
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Nail Melanoma
After that, some type of biopsy—a tissue sample taken to be studied under a microscope in a lab—is usually needed to confirm that you have melanoma ... of the nail plate from the finger ...
Mum’s unusual fingernail was first sign of devastating cancer – as she’s told it’s terminal days before baby’s birth
A MUM was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal cancer just days before giving birth to her son. The first sign Kelly Heather, 38, ...
Mum’s weird cancer symptom revealed
A mum’s fingernail was the sign that something wasn’t quite right before she was diagnosed with a terminal cancer.