my 33-year-old wife was diagnosed with malignant melanoma on her left knee back in 2013 and had surgery then in 2015 it spread to her right thigh she's been on several chemo drugs like dacarbazine paclitaxel and celecoxib plus metronomic chemo since 2016 an MRI in august 2016 showed multiple brain metastases with swelling and mass effect she got palliative whole brain radiotherapy 30Gy over 2 weeks would immunotherapy be an option for her now

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Dr Kamran Mohammed

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Sure. But majority are still investigational still. Newer drugs are also available. The cost is prohibitively very high. You must see a medical oncologist and discuss the options and costs.

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