Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Melanoma Part II

1. Treatments:
Surgical Removal- involves removal of affected skin and is most effective treatment
Radiation Therapy- uses high-dose x-rays to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors
Chemotherapy- involves the use of medicine to destroy cancer cells

2. I think the best treatment for Bill would be surgical removal because it has been proven to be the most effective treatment. Also, the entire melanoma along with the border of normal-appering skin is removed to make sure it is all gone. Surgical removal can cure melanoma in the first two stages of cancer, and also in stage III if the lymph nodes are removed.

2 comments:

Abby. A said...

i agree with this treatment because the cancer hasn't spread and then they could know for sure that it was all taken out.

Anonymous said...

I 100% agree by removing the cancer it would be more effective and also removing some healthy skin too around the site. Every other procedure is a little extreme and is for cancer that was caught late and spread.