They may take a sample from nearby lymph nodes to ensure the melanoma has not spread. The five-year survival rate for stage 1 is the same as for stage 0. If caught early and treated, the five-year ...

Phase 1 trials help doctors learn what dose of the treatment is safe and how it affects the body. Phase 2 trials see if the treatment works to kill melanoma ... The stage of your cancer Your ...

Melanoma in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) has distinct epidemiologic characteristics, with a declining incidence over the past 2 decades but an increasing trend in all-cause and cancer-specific ...

Understanding the stage of melanoma will help your healthcare team ... removes the melanoma with a margin of tissue, typically 1 to 2 centimeters of normal tissue. If the sentinel lymph node ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy was not considered, because of the absence of lymphadenopathy and because the thickness was less than 1 mm. The differential diagnosis of malignant melanoma includes ...

During a live event, Thach-Giao Truong, MD, moderated a discussion on treating a 78-year-old patient with metastatic melanoma ...