| Description |
1 online resource (x, 166 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Epidemiology, risk factors and clinical presentation of melanoma / Maki Yamamoto and Vernon K. Sondak -- Melanoma pathology / Carlos Prieto-Granada, Nicole Howe, and Timothy McCardle -- Biopsy techniques for melanoma / Maki Yamamoto and Jonathan S. Zager -- Melanoma staging and risk stratification / Prejesh Philips, Emmanuel Gabriel, and Alfredo A. Santillan -- Surgical treatment of melanoma / Matthew Doepker and Amod A Sarnaik -- Immunotherapy in melanoma / Maggie Diller and Ragini Kudchadkar -- Adjuvant therapy for high risk melanoma : radiation therapy / Michael D. Chuong, Mohammad K. Khan, and Nikhil G. Rao -- Follow-up guidelines for resected melanoma / Jeffrey M. Farma and Alia Abdulla -- Metastatic melanoma : targeted therapy / Kathryn Baksh and Ragini Kudchadkar -- The role of cytotoxic chemotherapy in melanoma / Adil Daud and Michelle Ashworth -- Management of melanoma brain metastases / Solmaz Sahebjam, Nikhil G. Rao, and Peter A. Forsyth -- Management of mucosal and ocular melanoma / Alexander N. Shoushtari and Richard D. Carvajal -- Special considerations in management of pediatric melanoma patients / Damon Reed and Fariba Navid |
| Summary |
'Melanoma' is a concise handbook that identifies best-practice guidelines and presents the most current procedures for the diagnosis and management of melanoma in a succinct and easy-to-read manner. This handbook is a must-have tool for clinicians directly involved in the care of patients with melanoma, including surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 25, 2016) |
| Subject |
Melanoma -- Treatment
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Melanoma -- Diagnosis
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Melanoma -- therapy
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Melanoma -- diagnosis
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Melanoma -- Diagnosis
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Melanoma -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zager, Jonathan S., editor.
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Kudchadkar, Ragini, editor.
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Sondak, Vernon K., 1957- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199971794 |
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019997179X |
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9780190276294 |
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0190276290 |
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