Melanoma patients navigate between dermatologists, oncologists, and surgeons while facing decisions about surgery depth, lymph node biopsies, and immunotherapy. When skin cancer becomes life-threatening and treatment decisions are urgent, expert coordination becomes critical.
Solace melanoma advocates are experienced medical professionals who:
Your advocate ensures rapid, coordinated response to this aggressive cancer.
Best of all, most Medicare patients pay nothing out of pocket.
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Melanoma surgery requires proper margins and sometimes lymph node removal. Your advocate coordinates between dermatologic and surgical oncologists, ensures appropriate surgical planning, and manages reconstruction needs. They help you understand surgical options and coordinate comprehensive removal.
Advanced melanoma often responds well to immunotherapy. Your advocate navigates insurance approval for checkpoint inhibitors, coordinates infusion scheduling, and manages side effects. They ensure you can access these life-saving treatments quickly when melanoma is aggressive.
After melanoma, vigilant monitoring is essential to catch recurrence early. Your advocate schedules regular skin checks and imaging, coordinates between dermatology and oncology follow-up, and ensures nothing is missed. They maintain comprehensive surveillance for your long-term safety.
With Solace, you get both a patient advocate and a supporting physician, which we refer to as your “care team”.
Your advocate will be there to manage the day to day aspects of your care: coordinating with doctors, researching potential solutions and communicating updates to you.
Your supporting physician can unlock resources for you and your advocate that might otherwise be out of reach.
Thick or ulcerated melanomas require aggressive treatment and close monitoring for spread. Solace advocates coordinate wide excision surgeries quickly, ensure sentinel lymph node biopsies are performed correctly, and navigate adjuvant therapy decisions. They expedite staging scans when needed, coordinate with melanoma centers for second opinions, and ensure aggressive melanomas are treated urgently. Your advocate acts fast when melanoma is dangerous.
About half of melanomas have BRAF mutations allowing targeted treatment with specific medications. Solace advocates ensure tumor testing for BRAF and other mutations, coordinate access to targeted therapy combinations, and manage side effects from BRAF inhibitors. They navigate insurance coverage for expensive targeted drugs, monitor for resistance development, and coordinate treatment switches when needed. Your advocate ensures you benefit from precision medicine advances.
Melanoma frequently spreads to the brain, requiring specialized neuro-oncology care. Solace advocates coordinate brain MRI surveillance, connect you with gamma knife or cyber knife specialists, and navigate decisions about surgery versus radiation. They manage symptoms from brain involvement, coordinate with neuro-oncologists, and ensure comprehensive brain metastases care. Your advocate addresses this serious complication with expertise.
Melanoma survivors need lifelong monitoring for new primaries and late recurrences. Solace advocates establish comprehensive surveillance schedules, coordinate between multiple providers for skin checks, and ensure proper sun protection education. They help manage anxiety about recurrence, coordinate genetic testing for familial melanoma, and support transition to survivorship. Your advocate provides long-term support beyond active treatment.