Melanoma
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At the University of Virginia, we have a strong
interest in treating patients with melanoma in a multi-disciplinary
fashion involving the Departments and Divisions of Surgery, Medical
Oncology, Dermatology, and Surgical Pathology. These specialties are
represented at our weekly conferences where patients are reviewed
prospectively to develop treatment plans based on reviews of the
histologic sections from their surgery and based on their clinical
presentation and response to standard and experimental treatment
protocols.
Additional expertise from specialty groups including head and neck
surgeons, plastic surgeons, ophthalmologists, and neurosurgeons, are also
available readily.
We currently offer patients standard surgical management and
consultation regarding adjuvant therapy ranging from alfa-interferon to
tumor vaccines for earlier stage disease. We are actively involved in
development of some of these novel therapies and are able to provide
advice to patients about other alternatives available regionally and
nationally if that is more suitable to them. We are developing treatment
protocols for patients with advanced unresectable disease as well as
patients with high risk resected disease and will be happy to provide
consultation and treatment as desired and as appropriate. Our melanoma team members can be contacted directly.