PMID: 9161799Mar 1, 1997Paper

Surgical issues in the management of melanoma

Current Opinion in Oncology
D L Fraker

Abstract

The mainstay of treatment of cutaneous melanoma is surgical excision. Excision of the primary disease, lymph node metastases, and in some instances, distant metastases is the only therapeutic strategy that leads to long-term disease-free survival with rare exceptions. Surgical treatment of melanoma can be divided into therapy of the primary lesion, treatment of the lymph nodes, treatment of distant metastases, and treatment of in-transit disease by regional administration of intravascular chemotherapeutics. The current recommendations for each of these four areas is discussed in this review.

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Jul 27, 2004·American Journal of Clinical Pathology·Pamela M Guerriere-KovachMark R Wick
Aug 8, 2002·Scandinavian Journal of Surgery : SJS : Official Organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society·S IlmonenT Muhonen

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