Guidelines of care for the management of primary cutaneous melanoma
Guidelines of care for the management of primary cutaneous melanoma
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jaad.2011.04.031
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发表时间:
2011-11-01
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
Begolka, Wendy Smith
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作者:
Bichakjian, Christopher K.;Halpern, Allan C.;Begolka, Wendy Smith
The incidence of primary cutaneous melanoma has been increasing dramatically for several decades. Melanoma accounts for the majority of skin cancer related deaths, but treatment is nearly always curative with early detection of disease. In this update of the guidelines of care, we will discuss the treatment of patients with primary cutaneous melanoma. We will discuss biopsy techniques of a lesion clinically suspicious for melanoma and offer recommendations for the histopathologic interpretation of cutaneous melanoma. We will offer recommendations for the use of laboratory and imaging tests in the initial workup of patients with newly diagnosed melanoma and for follow-up of asymptomatic patients. With regard to treatment of primary cutaneous melanoma, we will provide recommendations for surgical margins and briefly discuss nonsurgical treatments. Finally, we will discuss the value and limitations of sentinel lymph node biopsy and offer recommendations for its use in patients with primary cutaneous melanoma. (J Am Acad Dermatol 2011;65:1032-47.)