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What is treatment for a subungual melanoma?
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Surgical removal: Treatment of melanoma generally involves surgical removal of the lesion, examination of the regional lymph nodes to assess for spread. For more info see this site. http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/melanoma-nailunit.html.
Answered 2/6/2019
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Surgery to cure: You would need curative surgical resection with negative margin. Also, just fyi- subungual melanoma is frequently harboring activating mutations in c-kit. This is something that is also important to be checked on the cancer cells- as it may be useful for future treatment if needed. Read more- www.Cancer.Net, www.Nccn.Com, www.Cancer.Org good luck.
Answered 9/28/2012
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