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Recurrent Melanoma
Treatment
for recurrent melanoma depends on where the cancer came back, which treatments
the patient has already received, and other factors. As with Stage IV melanoma, treatment usually cannot cure melanoma
that recurs. Palliative care is often
an important part of the treatment plan.
Many patients have palliative care to ease their symptoms while they are
getting anticancer treatments to slow the progress of the disease. Some receive only palliative care to improve
their quality of life by
easing pain, nausea, and other symptoms.
The patient may have one of the
following:
Surgery
to remove the tumor
Radiation
therapy, biological therapy, or chemotherapy to relieve symptoms
Heated
chemotherapy drugs injected directly into the tumor
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