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What happens if someone is gets a biopsy and diagnosed with stage 3 metastatic skin cancer,what happens next (treatment..)?
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Skin cancer: For a patient with metastatic skin cancer, a team of doctors will work with the patient to establish the best modalities of treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy,
Answered 1/5/2019
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Staging/treatment: typically these patients undergo imaging to make sure they are not Stage IV. Surgery is the main treatment for skin cancer. This typically involves removing the main tumor with a margin of normal skin and removing the lymph node basin to which the tumor has travelled. Additional radiation and/or chemotherapy may also be considered.
Answered 8/5/2014
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