A patient asks the nurse about possible options regarding treatment for a malignant melanoma lesion on her arm. How should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. "The preferred method of treatment is to remove all the cancer surgically."
2. "An anti-cancer cream will be used to dissolve the lesion."
3. "You will receive radiation to the skin lesion as a first method of treatment."
4. "You will receive intravenous chemotherapy as a first method of treatment"
Correct Answer: 1
Surgical excision is the preferred treatment for malignant melanoma. A topical cream would not be used for a melanoma. Radiation is most often used for lesions that are inoperable because of location, which is not the case here. Intravenous chemotherapy would not be used for a localized skin lesion.
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