Medical Management of Melanoma

This chapter presents a series of case studies with multiple choice questions on medical management of melanoma. It commenses with a disclosure on most important risks factors of developing melanoma, and ends with the optimal recommendation after confirming the diagnosis with a fine-needle aspirate of the iliac bone lesion that showed sparse single cells with features consistent with melanoma. The chapter discusses on systemic therapy of melanoma in the adjuvant setting and for metastatic disease, adjuvant therapy, and management of brain metastases.