Should Advanced Melanoma Be Treated with Surgery?

Melanoma most often starts out as a topical mole or freckle that has distinct characteristics, such as firmness, color and depth, to name a few. Mark Gimbel, a surgical oncologist, discusses when surgical therapy is needed. Most often, when a mole or freckled mass is involved, it’s necessary to have it removed. Oftentimes, the melanoma moves into the lymph nodes, so surgical therapy is still a potential treatment. When melanoma moves beyond the lymph nodes, then other treatments are recommended such as interferon treatment, immunotherapy and maybe even radiation.

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