What is metastatic melanoma?

Malignant melanoma is a form of skin cancer that is metastatic when it spreads spreads to another location. Staging is used to identify the extent of the disease. Stages I and II describe local metastases, whereas Stages III and IV describe the presence of local and distant metastases.

How do members experience metastatic melanoma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with metastatic melanoma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for metastatic melanoma*

Who has metastatic melanoma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 8
40s 15
50s 32
60s 34
70+ 53

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 58
Female 89