desmoplastic melanoma

In late 2006, I was asked by a friend to create an e-dialogue with a 79 year old friend of hers whom we will refer to as “Patient MB.” This retired business executive had been diagnosed with desmoplastic melanoma several years earlier. When my friend happened to mention that she had a friend who knew a bit about melanoma, Patient MB asked to get in touch with me. As a result, he and I exchanged a number of e-mails and I wound up doing a fair amount of reading on desmoplastic melanoma.