TREATMENT FOR MALIGNANT MELANOMA

• Surgery
  
  
  1. Surgical removal of the primary tumor within safety margins according to the depth of tumor.
  2. 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.
  3. 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