Who Gets Surgery, Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Melanoma

Why do patients choose certain treatment options and therapies over others? When should a patient choose surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, etc.? Dr. Sapna Patel, Dr. Michael Wong and Dr. Mark Gimbel discuss how surgery is always the first thought of treatment, as it is much more ideal to extract the cancerous area. However, as history has shown, some cancers are known to come back 10 to 12 years later. When that happens, it is recommended to use other types of therapies such as immune therapy and chemotherapy, among others, to stop the spread of the cancer.

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