Health Management for Older Adults III - Recognizing Skin Cancer in Older Adults -- Malignant Melanoma: Treatment

< i > Recognizing Skin Cancer in Older Adults -- Malignant Melanoma: Treatment

How does one treat malignant melanoma? The best way to treat melanoma is by early diagnosis.

This is absolutely critical -- because, remember, the thinner the melanoma, the better the prognosis. The earlier the diagnosis, the better the prognosis.

The treatment of melanoma is primarily one of surgery. Surgical excision has been and remains the treatment of choice for all of these lesions.