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9. Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy can be taken intravenously to combat the effects and the progression of melanoma, especially in stage IV. While it is not as successful with patients who are suffering from melanoma as it may be for other types of cancer, it is one of the only viable options for this stage that has proven to help prolong the length of the patient’s life. Of course, chemotherapy can produce some serious side effects, including fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, extreme weight loss and the loss of hair. The most common drugs used for chemotherapy for melanoma are DTIC, BCNU and cisplatin.

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