The treatment of melanoma involves many disciplines of medicine including surgery, radiation oncology and medical oncology. This section explains in more detail what to expect from these various treatments.
Treatments
Surgery
Learn about surgical treatment as well as the use of high dose chemotherapy in recurrent disease.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy (x-ray treatment, or irradiation) uses x-rays to destroy cancer cells.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy uses anti-cancer or ‘cytotoxic’ drugs to destroy cancer cells.
Vaccines
Vaccines are experimental treatments that use natural body substances, or inactivated melanoma cells, to treat cancer.
BRAF inhibitors
BRAF inhibitors are advanced melanoma management drugs.
Anti-CTLA-4 inhibitors
Anti-CTLA-4 inhibitors are advanced melanoma management drugs.
Anti-PD-1 inhibitors
Anti-PD-1 drugs are the latest and most exciting drugs in the battle against Melanoma and will revolutionise treatment.
