Types of Melanoma Treatment

September 11th, 2009 by admin

Types of melanoma treatment being used in the fight against skin cancer are:  1.) Radiation therapy that uses high-energy x-rays or other radiation to kill cancerous cells or to at least stop their growth. There are two types of radiation therapy that are used.  External radiation uses an outside machine to send radiation to the patient and internal radiation uses substances sealed in needles, wires or catheters and places them directly into or near the cancer.  2.)  Biologic therapy uses the patient’s own immune system to fight the cancer.  Artifical substances made in a laboratory are used to boost, direct or restore the body’s own defense system against cancer.

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