If your doctor can feel swollen lymph nodes near the melanoma, you usually have an ultrasound scan and biopsy. This is different to a sentinel lymph node biopsy. If the biopsy shows the lymph nodes ...

Some people may have surgery to remove the lymph nodes close to the melanoma. This operation is called a lymph node dissection or lymphadenectomy. What is a lymph node? Lymph nodes are part of our ...

Kelly Heather, 38, ended up needing brain surgery for a tumor — and it started ... A mom of four is struggling with stage four melanoma, which spread to her brain while she was pregnant ...

Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer, but it is often curable in the early stages. From immunotherapy drugs to surgery, there are several possible treatment options that can be used ...

12-16 Patients with stage IIB/C and stage III melanoma, despite radical surgery, have a high risk for relapse within 5 years of their initial treatment. Historically, interferon-alpha-2B has been ...