Melanomas Skin Cancer Treatment

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Melanoma successful treatment result may vary depends on the stage of melanoma. The early stage it got, the melanoma treatment successful rate also gets higher. Melanoma treatment also depend on the stage, most patient with thin, localized melanomas are treated by surgery. But still, early detection still remains the best weapon to treat melanoma skin cancer.

For malignant melanoma that in advanced stage, the treatment focused on:

• Shrinking or getting rid of metastases
• Preventing the disease from spreading
• Keeping you comfortable

In most of melanoma cases, it is not possible to completely eliminate or cure the melanoma skin cancer. Depending upon where and how big the metastases are, melanoma treatment may involve medical treatments (chemotherapy or immunotherapy), surgery, or radiation therapy.

Chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments may be given alone or in combination. Most of these treatments must be given into a vein (intravenously) or injected under the skin, although a few can be given in pill form. Each medication is given over a period of time, often several months or more, depending upon how you respond.

Melanoma Treatment that often used:

• Surgery
  Surgery usually is used as the first step for melanoma treatment. Most of surgical excisions are also called resections. The side effect of this treatment usually a small scars. Surgery is very effective in treating early stage of melanoma, but it is not a cure because metastatic melanoma usually spreads to many different places throughout the body.
• Radiation Therapy
  Radiation therapy played quite role in melanoma treatment. Radiation therapy often used to treat advanced melanoma after surgical excision. However, radiation may put the patient at risk for future non-melanoma skin cancers.
• Chemotherapy
• Immunotherapy

Main Article: Malignant Melanoma