The length of time you can live with subungual melanoma is between 5 years to 10 years.
With stage IA subungual melanoma he 5-year survival rate is around 97%.
The 10-year survival is approximately 95%.
With stage IB the 5-year survival rate is around 92%.
The 10-year survival is approximately 86%.
Subungual melanoma is a type of skin cancer that occurs under your nail.
The subungual melanoma skin cancer under your nail appears as dark brown or black streaks on the surface of your nail.
Subungual melanoma skin cancer under your nail presents as brown-black discolorations of the nail bed.
The subungual melanoma can present as either a streak of pigment or irregular pigmentation.
The discoloration can also progress to thickening, splitting, or destruction of the nail with pain and inflammation.
Subungual melanoma is a serious type of skin cancer which occurs in the skin under your nails.
Subungual melanomas are thankfully rare and are seen in only 0.07% to 3.5% of the people in the world who have melanoma.
However subungual melanomas can spread to other parts of your body and cause death.
The signs of subungual melanoma include.
Your nails have a split, crack or deform in some way.
Your nails have an irregular pigment (the discoloration isn't even).
The nails swell or become inflamed.
You have lift away from your nail bed.
You develop an ulcer, nodule or start to bleed.
Discoloration of the skin surrounding the nail (Hutchinson sign).