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This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Guest Edited by Drs. Brian R. Gastman and Michael W. Neumeister, is dedicated to Melanoma. This issue is one of four selected each year. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Melanoma risk factors and prevention, Biology and signaling pathways of melanoma, Immunobiology of melanoma, Clinical diagnosis and classification, Histopathologic and molecular diagnosis of melanoma, AJCC staging and other platforms to assess prognosis and risk, Current treatment guidelines of primary melanoma including wide excision and use of sentinel node biopsy, Dermatologic follow-up and assessment of suspicious lesions, Immunotherapy of melanoma, Targeted therapies for melanoma, Non-operative intra-tumoral therapies, Role of radiation for locoregional and distant metastatic melanoma, Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for melanoma, Surgery of the nodal basins for trunk and extremity melanoma, Extirpative considerations of melanoma of the head and neck, Treatment of lentigo melanoma of the head and neck, Reconstructive considerations of melanoma of the head and neck, Melanoma of the hands and feet, Rare variants of melanoma, and Emerging therapies for melanoma.

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Author:   Brian R. Gastman (Associate Professor/Staff<br>Department of Plastic Surgery<br>Cleveland Clinic<br>Cleveland, OH, USA) ,  Michael W. Neumeister (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Volume:   48
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9780323813211

ISBN 10:   0323813216
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Melanoma Risk Factors and Prevention Canonical Signaling Pathways in Melanoma Immunobiology of Melanoma Clinical Diagnosis and Classification: Including Biopsy Techniques and Noninvasive Imaging Histopathologic and Molecular Diagnosis of Melanoma American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging and Other Platforms to Assess Prognosis and Risk Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Lymph Node Dissection, and Lymphedema Management Options in Melanoma Dermatologic Follow-up and Assessment of Suspicious Lesions Non-Operative Options for Loco-regional Melanoma Radiation Therapy for Local Cutaneous Melanoma Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapeutics for the Treatment of Cutaneous Melanoma Extirpative Considerations of Melanoma of the Head and Neck Lentigo Maligna Spitz Nevus: Review and Update Melanoma of the Hands and Feet (With Reconstruction) Melanoma in Pregnancy and Pediatrics Mucosal Melanoma Emerging Therapies in the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma

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