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A 32 year old with a lesion on her lower R leg

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
9.) What adjuvant therapy may be used in malignant melanoma and when is it indicated?

Adjuvant therapy is indicated in Stage III or Stage IV disease (positive nodes or in transit metastases or distant metastases). Dacarbazine based regimens of chemotherapy are used as well as immunotherapy with IV interferon alpha 2b and interleukin 2.  
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