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The new treatments for metastatic melanoma are many things… Like incredible. Revolutionary. Even, as they say in medicine, paradigm-changing. But what does all this mean for you (or a loved one) with an advanced melanoma diagnosis? One very encouraging message: You have a much better chance of surviving this skin cancer type when it’s spread in your body than you would’ve only a decade ago. So close all the tabs in your browser with stories older than 10 years on the topic, and read up on current treatment options for metastatic melanoma here.
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Surgery remains the main treatment for early stages of melanoma, but can also be effective in some advanced cases too, says Vadim Gushchin, M.D., a surgical oncologist, and director of The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Center, at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. That includes what’s called a