It also tells you whether the top layer of the melanoma looks broken (ulcerated) when looked at under a microscope. Knowing this helps your doctor decide which treatment you need. Unfortunately, Stage ...

Kelly Heather, 38, ended up needing brain surgery for a tumor — and it started as a discolored line on her fingernail ...

The substages of stage 2 melanoma cover lesions up to 4 mm thick. Surgical removal is the usual treatment in stage 2, but how much margin of normal tissue is removed depends on the size of the cancer.

Research has introduced daromun, therapeutic vaccines, and novel combinations for metastatic melanoma, reshaping the ...

After a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and a prognosis of 16 months to live, Katie Doble didn’t know whether she should plan her ...

Surgery is the main treatment for melanoma in situ. Some doctors call in situ cancers pre cancer ... Stage 0 is part of the number staging system. This goes from stage 0 to stage 4. It tells you how ...

A mom of four is struggling with stage four melanoma, which spread to her brain ... biggest fight she has been given a 50% chance of the treatment working for her. Should this treatment fail ...

The FDA has accepted a BLA for treatment with RP1 in combination with Opdivo for patients with advanced melanoma who have ...

Treatment options ... a reduction in melanoma cell growth. Further research is necessary to fully understand its potential in treating advanced-stage melanoma, especially in combination therapies ...