How long can you live with melanoma, if the treatment is so effective

There is no clear answer as to how long a person with melanoma can live, but it is related to many factors. Melanoma is a type of tumor that is mainly distributed on the surface of the skin, so it is also an early symptom of skin cancer and has a high mortality rate. It should be diagnosed and treated in time.

1. How long can you live with melanoma?

There is no clear answer as to how long a person with melanoma can live, but it is related to many factors. Melanoma is a type of tumor that is mainly distributed on the surface of the skin, so it is also an early symptom of skin cancer and has a high mortality rate. It should be diagnosed and treated in time. Malignant tumors arising from melanocytes in pigmented areas of the skin, mucous membranes, eyes, and central nervous system. There are 25,000 new cases of malignant melanoma in the United States each year, and approximately 6,000 deaths. The incidence rate is rising rapidly.

II. Treatment

Melanoma can be divided into benign and malignant. Benign melanoma does not affect people's health and life and can be cured. Malignant melanoma is rare, but the malignant ones are difficult to cure. How long you can live with malignant melanoma depends on the specific situation. There is no definite time. It is better to treat it early. Generally, the treatment is divided into the following types.

1. Surgery

The conventional treatment for early-stage melanoma is surgery to remove the tumor and some surrounding normal tissue. The extent and depth of the surrounding skin that needs to be excised depends on the thickness and invasion depth of the tumor. If the tumor is shallow, it can be completely removed during the biopsy without the need for surgery. If the tumor is very thick, a wider excision may be needed; if the excision is too large, skin grafting is often needed. The decision on whether to perform regional lymph node dissection is based on clinical examination or B-ultrasound examination.

2. Chemoradiotherapy

If melanoma has already infiltrated and metastasized, surgery is generally unable to control the disease. At this time, comprehensive treatment such as chemotherapy, biological therapy, radiotherapy, and traditional Chinese medicine is often required. However, melanoma is not sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

3. Six-sided three-dimensional targeted tumor elimination method

(1) For patients with early and middle-stage melanoma, the use of Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chinese medicine in the "six-sided three-dimensional targeted tumor elimination method" after surgery, assisted by the love of relatives, the confidence of patients, the encouragement of fellow patients, a reasonable diet, and scientific exercise, can promote postoperative recovery, eliminate residual cancer toxins in the body, and improve the body's immunity to prevent recurrence and metastasis after surgery.

2) For patients with advanced melanoma, the use of "six-sided three-dimensional targeted tumor elimination method" can control metastasis, reduce cancer pain, improve symptoms, improve quality of life, and prolong survival time. The 5-year survival rate reaches more than 85%.