"Malignant melanoma writes its message in the skin with its own ink ... some see, but do not comprehend." Effective treatment of melanoma begins with early recognition. Paranoid suspicion of any irregular, pigmented, nodular or ulcerated dermal lesion, when coupled with excisional biopsy, merits approbation even though many such lesions prove benign
BACKGROUND: Wide excision (WE) to muscular fascia for invasive melanoma is common practice but excis...
In melanoma patients, lymph node metastases are one of the most important predictors of survival. Ly...
AbstractMelanoma is a common cutaneous tumour. It is of great importance due to its increasing incid...
While multimodality therapy has become the standard for most solid tumors, the mainstay of therapy f...
Surgery remains the mainstay of melanoma therapy, regardless of the tumor site. Only the early diagn...
The incidence of melanoma is rapidly increasing worldwide and the prognosis of patients with metasta...
Thirty years ago, most melanomas were widely excised with 3-cm to 5-cm margins, and many centers tre...
BACKGROUND: The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC’s) skin melanoma surgical treatment recom...
Melanoma is skin tumor with higher malignity. Malignityi of melanocites occurs not only in the epith...
For most solid tumors, therapy has evolved from surgery alone to a multidisciplinary approach. Malig...
The incidence of melanoma is rapidly increasing worldwide and the prognosis of patients with metasta...
Adequate surgical management of primary melanoma and regional lymph node metastasis, and rarely dist...
The introduction of adjuvant therapy for selected patients with early melanoma and the finding that ...
Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has become the standard care for melanoma and is an im...
The right operative therapy plays a key role in the management of malignant melanoma. If the diagnos...
BACKGROUND: Wide excision (WE) to muscular fascia for invasive melanoma is common practice but excis...
In melanoma patients, lymph node metastases are one of the most important predictors of survival. Ly...
AbstractMelanoma is a common cutaneous tumour. It is of great importance due to its increasing incid...
While multimodality therapy has become the standard for most solid tumors, the mainstay of therapy f...
Surgery remains the mainstay of melanoma therapy, regardless of the tumor site. Only the early diagn...
The incidence of melanoma is rapidly increasing worldwide and the prognosis of patients with metasta...
Thirty years ago, most melanomas were widely excised with 3-cm to 5-cm margins, and many centers tre...
BACKGROUND: The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC’s) skin melanoma surgical treatment recom...
Melanoma is skin tumor with higher malignity. Malignityi of melanocites occurs not only in the epith...
For most solid tumors, therapy has evolved from surgery alone to a multidisciplinary approach. Malig...
The incidence of melanoma is rapidly increasing worldwide and the prognosis of patients with metasta...
Adequate surgical management of primary melanoma and regional lymph node metastasis, and rarely dist...
The introduction of adjuvant therapy for selected patients with early melanoma and the finding that ...
Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has become the standard care for melanoma and is an im...
The right operative therapy plays a key role in the management of malignant melanoma. If the diagnos...
BACKGROUND: Wide excision (WE) to muscular fascia for invasive melanoma is common practice but excis...
In melanoma patients, lymph node metastases are one of the most important predictors of survival. Ly...
AbstractMelanoma is a common cutaneous tumour. It is of great importance due to its increasing incid...