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Surgery for Melanoma

This interview covering melanoma focuses on the latest surgical approaches for treating this disease. Topics include:

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

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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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