| Symptoms
& History
Physical
Findings
Stop
& Think
Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
Quiz
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Untreated,
malignant melanoma is virtually 100% fatal.
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During the radial or horizontal
growth phase, melanomas are cured by surgical removal.
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This means a wide (2 cm) margin
around the lesion.
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Once the vertical growth phase
has begun, malignant melanoma can metastasize widely (and to some places
no other tumor will go).
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In patiens with systemic disease,
chemotherapy has short term usefullnes in 10-30% of cases.
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alpha-interferon or interlukin-2
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Dacarbazine (DTIC)
How do you make a prognosis?
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