Analysis of what melanoma is

Melanoma is a highly aggressive tumor that is mainly distributed on the surface of the skin. It is an early symptom of skin cancer and has a high mortality rate. High-risk groups should pay attention to it and get timely diagnosis and treatment. Malignant melanoma is caused by abnormal proliferation and malignant transformation of melanocytes. It can occur at any age. Patients must go to a professional hospital for treatment.

1. Surgical treatment

Surgery is one of the methods for treating melanoma. When the lesion is within 5 cm and the thickness and invasion depth of the tumor are less than 1 cm, surgical resection can be performed. Radical surgery is not recommended for patients with large lesions and metastases. Therefore, comprehensive treatment should be emphasized for those who cannot be completely resected.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiotherapy is effective for patients with metastatic lesions and some early freckle-type malignant melanomas. It can only relieve the compression symptoms of visceral metastatic lesions and reduce pain. Radiotherapy is generally not used for primary melanoma, but can be used as part of comprehensive treatment.

3. Chemotherapy

The effect of chemotherapy for melanoma is not ideal. According to relevant data, its cure rate is only less than 10%, and chemotherapy drugs have serious toxic side effects. Patients after treatment often experience nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and hair loss. At the same time, it also reduces the patient's immune function and causes the cancer to spread. Therefore, chemotherapy is not suitable for melanoma patients.

4. Biological Therapy

Biological therapy has a certain effect on the treatment of melanoma. It uses the tumor patient's own mononuclear cells to proliferate and culture in vitro, and then these cells are returned to the patient's body to indirectly activate the body's immune system to fight the tumor, which has a certain therapeutic effect. This treatment method can be used directly or as an auxiliary after surgery. It can be used after surgery to remove micro-metastatic lesions in the patient's body, reduce the spread and metastasis of the tumor, and improve the patient's own anti-tumor immunity.

Biological immunotherapy overcomes the incompleteness of surgery, easy recurrence and metastasis in clinical practice. It can effectively alleviate the toxic side effects of chemotherapy in the treatment of melanoma, improve the treatment effect, enhance the patient's immunity, improve the patient's quality of life, and prolong the patient's life.

Warm reminder: Patients should note that the treatment methods for melanoma of different conditions are also different. Therefore, you must not choose the treatment method blindly. Only by adopting a treatment plan that suits you can you achieve the treatment effect.