UID:
almahu_9948612929502882
Format:
V, 196 p. 50 illus., 49 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2021.
ISBN:
9783030274009
Content:
This book provides a practically applicable resource for all clinicians managing patients with or who may develop melanoma. Each chapter focuses on clinically relevant information on the latest advances in the field, including techniques for early detection of skin cancers, cross-sectional imaging and staging of regional nodes. Algorithms for clinical decision-making along with clinical vignettes are incorporated into each chapter, enabling the reader to develop a deep understanding of how to manage a range of scenarios. Practical Manual for Dermatologic and Surgical Melanoma Management systematically details the latest diagnostic criteria, treatment guidelines and management techniques available for treating these patients and is a valuable resource for the trainee and practising clinician. .
Note:
Melanoma Prevention -- Prevention -- Screening -- Racial disparities/melanoma in non-whites with guidelines for all races on screening,-Monitoring (people at-risk, people who have had melanoma-follow up, genetic syndromes, atypical Nevus syndrome), -Primary Melanoma -- Diagnosis -- Prognosis (staging) -- Pediatric Melanoma/Spitz Nevi -- Ocular Melanoma -- Mucosal Melanoma -- Treatment of Primary Melanoma -- Mohs Micrographic surgery LMM; role for Immunohistochemistry -- Early stage disease in patients who are not surgical candidates -- Staging (surgeon)/Surgical treatment /Sentinel LN biopsy - when to perform, management of +SLNB -- Adjuvant therapy -- Treatment of Regionally Metastatic Melanoma -- Local therapies for local recurrence (Emanuel) local recurrence/intransit mets -- Management of the positive sentinel Lymph Node -- Radiation therapy -- Metastatic disease -- Targeted therapy (including a section on personalized therapy/genomics) -- Immunotherapy (including a section on personalized immune therapies) -- Neoadjuvant therapy -- Stage IV surgical management, including M1A, M1B, M1C disease -- Brain metastases.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783030273996
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783030274016
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-27400-9
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27400-9
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