Treatment Options Melanoma
Is malignant melanoma curable? What are the treatment options?
My mother went to her doctor because of a vaginal bleeding. The doctor found a big lump in the front of the vagina and she took a part and sent it to the lap. The bad news came my mother has malignant melanoma in her vagina. My mother is really scared. They advised her to make a surgery. I wish you can help her .
The first choice of treatment is the surgical removal of the tumour. If the tumour has already reached the lymphatic system, a surgical removal of the whole lymph node may be required to minimize the risk of the melanoma spreading to other parts or organs of the body. If the melanoma has already spread to other body organs (eg. brain, liver) these tumours should also be removed if possible. If surgery is impossible, radiotherapy or chemotherapy might be suitable treatments. Immunotherapy is a therapy that helps to support the immune system. Usually the drug called interferon alpha or interleukin-2 is injected underneath the skin. This treatment might last quite a long time (up to a year or even longer) and is often used in combination with surgical removal of the tumour, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Unfortunately this therapy is connected with several disturbing side effects e.g. flu-like symptoms such as fever, drowsiness and nausea. Sometimes it may also cause a reduction of white, sometimes even red blood cells. These are the basic treatment options, there are more and, as dealing with skin cancer can be very frightening you would be advised therefore, to seek the advice of a dermatologist whom you trust, and discuss every aspect of your mother’s disease openly with him/her.
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/
melanoma/
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