Treatment Options For Subungual Melanoma

Chemotherapy

An individual may need to have chemotherapy as part of their treatment for subungual melanoma when other forms of treatment have proven unsuccessful. Since several other methods of treatment offer fewer adverse side effects with the same efficacy, chemotherapy is not used as a first-line option for any melanoma type cancers. Chemotherapy works best for melanoma that has spread into other tissues around the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy for certain forms of melanoma include dacarbazine, nab-paclitaxel, cisplatin, temozolomide, paclitaxel, and carboplatin. These may be administered independently or with one another based on the characteristics of a patient's malignancy. Chemotherapy can be administered in creative ways in individuals who have cancer isolated to a limb. The procedure for this type of chemotherapy involves separation of the limb's blood flow from the rest of the body and isolating the circulation of chemotherapy drugs to the affected limb. The goal of chemotherapy administered in this way is to reduce chemotherapy side effects by keeping treatment isolated to the affected limb.

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