Specialties
Melanoma Program
Working closely together, physicians in the Division of Dermatology at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center and at UC Davis Cancer Center treat more melanoma than at any other center in inland Northern California. Our specialists have extensive experience caring for patients with all stages of melanomas. Our physician-scientists are also at the forefront of research to find new and better ways to prevent, detect and cure skin cancer in all its forms.
Melanoma
UC Davis Cancer Center offers the most advanced treatment available for all types and stages of malignant melanoma. For most melanomas, the first-line treatment is surgical removal. A specific and accurate form of lymph node sampling, sentinel node biopsy, is widely used in our center for tumors with risk for lymph node involvement. Radiation, chemotherapy and other adjuvant therapy may be added in some cases.
In cases of disseminated melanoma, treatment typically consists of chemotherapy or an investigational therapy. UC Davis Cancer Center specialists were involved in the groundbreaking research that led to today's standard of care for melanoma, and they remain at the forefront of efforts to advance treatment of the disease through clinical trials of promising investigational drugs and therapies.
Our skin cancer program team includes
Dermatology
Barbara Burrall, M.D.
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Maxwell Fung, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Pathology
Hematology/Oncology
Scott Christensen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Surgical Oncology
Vijay Khatri, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Steve Martinez, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Robert Canter, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Steve Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Care closer to home
At our Placer Center for Health and our affiliate cancer centers in Marysville and Merced, many of our patients are able to receive some or all of their treatment closer to home while remaining under the care of UC Davis specialists.
New patient appointments
Updated 10/2008.