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Skin Cancer (Cutaneous Oncology) Program

Patient and Family Education

Melanoma

High Risk Melanoma

One of the main focuses of our Skin Cancer Program is the management of patients with high-risk melanoma. This includes patients with:

• increased risk of developing melanoma, either due to a personal or family history of melanoma or dysplastic nevus syndrome (atypical moles)
  
  
• increased risk of progression of melanoma, due to the presence of thick primary lesions, which are more likely to spread, or due to lymph node involvement

These patients are followed closely at regular intervals to monitor for new primary lesions, recurrence and response to treatment.

This page was last updated on: October 19, 2009.

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