What is Metastatic Melanoma Adjuvant Therapy? Tanner Deason’s Journey with Cancer Continues [Video]

4 years ago, an off-road, UTV accident propelled Tanner Deason down a path of CT tests and MRIs, which revealed Stage-4 melanoma including a single metastasis to his brain. In fact, if the accident hadn’t occurred, Dr. Barkhoudarian, Professor of Neurosurgery at Pacific Neuro Institute, told him the brain tumor could have ended his life in just 6 months.

2 years ago, Tanner sat down with Saint John’s Cancer Institute’s media and marketing team to share his story. Now 2 years later, Tanner and his team of experts at Saint John’s Health Center and Saint John’s Cancer Institute, Dr. Trevan Fischer and Dr. Timothy Kristedja, interview Tanner again, but this time, with regard to ongoing treatments for metastatic melanoma.

In this remarkable journey, hear Dr. Kristedja, a medical oncologist, and Dr. Fischer, a surgical oncologist, discuss with Tanner certain realities of metastatic disease, what treatments are available, and why you need a team of experts you can trust.

Chapters:
00:00 – Tanner provides an update on the care he received over the past two years.
04:13 – The future for Tanner. “Find the people that will take care of you. Trust them. And then go from there.” – Tanner
09:58 – The risk of melanoma metastasis. “There’s no cancer that doesn’t benefit from early detection.’ – Trevan Fischer, MD
14:02 – Contact information

Watch Tanner’s initial story on SJCI’s Blog:
https://www.saintjohnscancer.org/blog/a-chanced-discovery-of-stage-4-melanoma-with-brain-metastasis/

Learn more about Melanoma Awareness here:
https://www.saintjohnscancer.org/blog/melanoma-awareness-dr-trevan-fischer-explains-the-abcdes/

Learn about Dr. Trevan Fischer:
https://www.saintjohnscancer.org/about-us/people/timothy-kristedja/

Learn about Dr. Timothy Kristedja:
https://www.saintjohnscancer.org/about-us/people/timothy-kristedja/

Learn about Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian:
https://www.saintjohnscancer.org/about-us/people/garni-barkhoudarian/

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