Meteorologist Keith Thompson shares personal battle with melanoma to raise awareness скачать в хорошем качестве

Meteorologist Keith Thompson shares personal battle with melanoma to raise awareness

For many in West Michigan, summer means time to get outside and enjoy warm air and sunshine, two things in short supply during our long winters. But spending time in the sun can be dangerous, even deadly. The day before Thanksgiving last year, I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer. It was an "I can’t believe this is happening to me' moment." Dr. Laurence McCahill, a surgical oncologist at the West Michigan Cancer Center, told me that my melanoma was aggressive, and there was a relatively high risk that it would soon spread. "The original biopsy of your melanoma on your back or flank side showed pretty deep melanoma, meaning that it had penetrated through the epidermis and deeper into the dermis," Dr. McCahill told me. Tests showed the cancer had gotten into one of my lymph nodes, but a successful surgery removed all of the cancer from my body. At least, as far as tests can show. Despite the surgery's success, I'm not totally out of the woods. One of my doctors, Dr. Dustin Bivins, an oncologist at Bronson Cancer Center, says there is a relatively high chance of recurrence. Dr. Bivins recommended immunotherapy, a treatment that helps the immune system recognize and fight cancer more effectively. Read more: https://wwmt.com/news/local/keith-tho... #WWMT #NEWSCHANNEL3 #Kalamazoo #Michigan #KeithThompson #Melanoma #CancerBattle #Awareness #meteorologist #SkinCancer #CommunityHealth _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: WWMT on Facebook:   / wwmtnews   WWMT on Twitter:   / wwmtnews   Subscribe to WWMT on YouTube:    / @wwmtnews   WWMT Daily News Digest:    • WWMT-TV Daily Digest   For more information, visit https://www.wwmt.com/ Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 800.875.3333 WWMT is a MI based station and a CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today.