TREATMENT FOR MALIGNANT MELANOMA
We show the different resources that the patient can access in our clinic.
- Surgery
- Surgical removal of the primary tumor within safety margins according to the depth of tumor.
- No palpable regional lymph nodes. If a tumor invasion according to the technique of sentinel node is confirmed Selective Lymphadenectomy. Indication of the sentinel node technique: DEPTH> 1mm.
- Adenopatías regionales palpables. Palpable regional lymph nodes. Elective Lymphadenectomy: Removal of affected lymph nodes.
- Additional treatment to surgery of the primary tumor. Specific immune-therapy with interferon alpha 2b. Indications: depth> 1.5 mm or lymph nodes histologically confirmed.
- Surgical treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy. Metastasis of the malignant melanoma according to its location and size..
- Anti-tumor vaccines. Genetic Therapy
Doctor Pablo Umbert