Fred Hutch

Stages of Melanoma

Staging means finding out how far melanoma has spread in the body. Providers group melanoma into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I melanoma being the least advanced and stage IV melanoma being ...
Post Bulletin

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Advances in staging and surgical treatment of melanoma

I was just diagnosed with early-stage melanoma, and I am being referred to an oncologist. What happens next? Will I need a ...
American Council on Science and Health

From Death Sentence to Treatable Disease: A Conversation on Melanoma with Dr. Paul Chapman

Melanoma is among the most preventable skin cancers when found early, yet it remains the skin cancer most likely to spread ...
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Beyond Routine Surveillance Imaging for Melanoma: Emerging Technologies for Detecting Early Recurrence and Guiding Clinical Management

Melanoma recurrence risk is highest within the first 2 years after diagnosis and progressively declines thereafter. Current surveillance strategies remain largely guided by clinicopathologic risk ...