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What Causes Swelling Under Left Jaw When Suffering From Malignant Melanoma?
I'm 56 yrs old female, 70kg, 182 cm, diagnosed with malignant melanoma about 18 months ago and did not receive treatments thereafter.I've a big swelling under my left jaw.Recently I visited an oncologist and he told me that the cancer is incurable and he told me that the only option available would be to work on improving my quality of life. Could there be any estimate for the amount of time before the cancer kills me?
Thu, 14 Aug 2014
Not necessarily, based on your primary site and if the disease is spread only to one site (underneath your jaw) confirmed after a metastatic workup a surgical approach is still an option. On the other hand , if it has spread to other sites palliative approach using chemotherapy or biological/immunetherapy can give you a survival of 6 to 12 months
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