On the mound with melanoma: The Jim Umbricht story

Jim Umbricht (1930-1964) was a Major League baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros (formerly Houston Colt .45s). In 1963, he was diagnosed with stage III malignant melanoma which presented with a right leg pigmented skin lesion and right groin lymphadenopathy. Umbricht was treated at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Tumor Institute in Houston with the relatively new therapeutic modality of isolated limb perfusion. He was able to resume pitching 2 months after the surgery and played the remainder of the baseball season.
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Reflections on dermatology: Past, present, and future Source Type: research