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How To Treat Stage Iv Metastatic Melanoma?
my husband has stage iv metastatic melanoma. he has been on trials and has just stop treatment with yervoy because it is not working.. he has decided not to go through any other treatments. dr says he has months left possible 4, 6, or 8 months. he has already had one brain tumor removed. what might we expect him to go through these nexted few months.
Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Stage IV melanomas are very hard to cure, as they have already spread to distant lymph nodes or other areas of the body. Skin tumors or spread to the lymph nodes causing symptoms can often be removed by surgery or treated with radiation therapy. Metastases in internal organs are sometimes removed, depending on how many there are, where they are, and how likely they are to cause symptoms. Metastases that cause symptoms but cannot be removed may be treated with radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, or chemotherapy.
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