<s>[INST] Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... Hi, I was told I may have mycosis fungoides, and wonder if I can still have any surgeries with this? I was told if you get open up , it make cancer spread. Also, I have a lot of fatty tumors and wonder if there is any other procedure to get them out beside surgery? Thank you.. [/INST] Hello multiple swellings on body can be dermatomes, lipomas etc. which are benign tumors and may need observation without any treatment unless they increase in size and cause trouble like pain, bleeding, ulceration etc. As you told your diagnosis of mitosis fungoides is not confirmed. You can show it to surgeon and consider for biopsy. Biopsy is small surgical procedure which can be done in OLD and requires no admission. Biopsy does not spread cancer. It helps in differentiating benign versus malignant tumor. If tumor is benign and not causing any trouble no treatment is required. If its malignant then depending on type further treatment is indicated. All tumors do not require surgery. For example mitosis fungoides can be managed with steroids, PVA therapy, local radiation or topical chemotherapy. Hope this answers your query. Thanks for posting </s>