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Surgery for Melanoma and Breast Cancer

Overview:
This interview covers two different types of cancer and focuses on the latest surgical approaches for treating them: melanoma and breast cancer.

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Part One:

What is melanoma
Melanoma risk factors
What melanoma looks like
Diagnosing/staging
Sentinel node biopsy
Surgery to remove melanoma
Treatments for melanoma that has spread
Recurrent melanoma
Melanoma prevention

Part Two:

Types of breast cancer
Multi-disciplinary treatment team
Surgery: lumpectomy vs. mastectomy
Recovery time from surgery
Radiation therapy
Sentinel node biopsy
Breast reconstruction

Guest:
Dr. Susan Kesmodel, a surgical oncologist at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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